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LOUIS VINCENT HERMANN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1948 – August 29, 1969
Service recordLouis Vincent Hermann JR, of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 7
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 1969
- RICHARD DIDACUS KRUPAFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MAURERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- DOYLE ANTHONY MORRISCorporal · August 29, 1969
From Clifton Heights
- GLEN F BULLOCKFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL KELSOSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- RICHARD ANTHONY CROCKERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
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.