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LARRY EUGENE HERBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1948 – January 15, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Herbert, of Glouster, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 53
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Glouster, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 53
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- LARRY EDWIN HILLCorporal · January 15, 1968
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- KENNETH RALPH HOWELLPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
From Glouster
- DONALD ALLEN CAMPBELLCorporal · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS RALPH SAYERSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCLEANPrivate First Class · December 24, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.