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MOISES ROMERO HERRERA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1948 – November 2, 1969
Service recordMoises Romero Herrera JR, of Pleasanton, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Pleasanton, Texas (Atascosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 19
- PATRICK HENRY CARROLLCaptain · November 2, 1969
- LEO CLAUDE HESTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
- HULUS EDGAR KEY JRSergeant · November 2, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONEPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
From Pleasanton
- JAMES MILTON WARRSergeant · March 11, 1968
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.