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PAUL DELL HERSCHBACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – February 21, 1968
Service recordPaul Dell Herschbach, of Grove, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Grove, Oklahoma (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 52
- FLORENTINO CANTU JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- RICHARD PATRICK FRASCACorporal · February 21, 1968
- JOE LOUIS PEAKESergeant · February 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH HUDSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 53
- LUCIEN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 55
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.