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LARRY HERRERA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1950 – May 2, 1970
Service recordLarry Herrera, of Chino, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Chino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 85
- KENNETH LEROY DEFENBAUGHCorporal · May 2, 1970
- RODNEY LYNN GRIFFINSergeant · May 2, 1970
- EDWARD CHARLES HAGGERTYCorporal · May 2, 1970
- DANIEL COPE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD GLEN CRAFTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- DANIEL COPE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 85
- LEO JOHN LUDVIGSEN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 86
- DONALD LEE VOORHEESSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 89
From Chino
- ARTHUR DIAZ ESQUEDAPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- ROBERT ADAM KANESKISpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- PATRICK SHAWN HEDERMANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- CHARLIE LOPEZ PARTIDAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- DAVID GERALD WEBERSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.