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RICHARD LEE HERRINGTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1949 – May 19, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Herrington JR, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 64
- ROBERT WAYNE COONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- LEWIS EARL COXCorporal · May 19, 1970
- FLOYD EDWARD FULLER JRCorporal · May 19, 1970
- KENNETH WALTER GONDERCorporal · May 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 65
- JOHN SPURGEON SPREWELLCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 67
- LARRY EVANS STONESpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 67
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MEEKLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 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.