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RICHARD RONALD HERCHKORN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1940 – February 28, 1966
Service recordRichard Ronald Herchkorn, of Walnut Grove, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Walnut Grove, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 87
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- RAYMOND EILERT MEYERSSergeant · February 28, 1966
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- MARK LAKE MORGANLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
From Walnut Grove
- ALVIE CLINTON WYATTPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
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.