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PEDRO HERRING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1944 – May 22, 1970
Service recordPedro Herring, of Cofield, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Cofield, North Carolina (Hertford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 80
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- NEIL BURGESS HAYES JRFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1970
- JONNY HINESSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
- JIM HENRY HOLMESSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES F ARMENTROUTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 78
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 78
- NORMAN ANTHONY EMINETHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 79
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 80
- WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 81
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM THEISStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 83
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.