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MELVIN DERWARD HEBERT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – October 4, 1968
Service recordMelvin Derward Hebert JR, of Seaside, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 5
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Seaside, Oregon (Clatsop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 5
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- WAYNE DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- GARY LEE KUNSHIERPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- GARY GEORGE LACHAPELLEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY ANTHONY ADCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 3
- JOHN COWIE BECHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 3
- DOUGLAS MARK CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 3
- LOVETT LEE HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 6
- HUBERT WAYNE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 6
- ANTONIO MILSTEADStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 6
- HARRY ALLEN PETERSENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 7
- WILLIAM LOUIS ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 7
From Seaside
- CARL JOHN GREEN JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- GORDON LEE ZIMMERLESergeant · March 23, 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.