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PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1945 – September 8, 1966
Service recordPhillip Arnold Herrera JR, of Selma, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 78
- WILLIAM EDWARD REELPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- MICHAEL GORDON TANDYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- EMMITT JAMES WILKEY JRGunnery Sergeant · September 8, 1966
From Selma
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
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.