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RICKY LYNN HERNDON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 1, 1942 – June 9, 1967
Service recordRicky Lynn Herndon, of Watervliet, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 79
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Watervliet, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 79
- CONRAD THOMAS LANGELance Corporal · June 9, 1967
- JAMES C MARTIN JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- PETER WHITCOMB MORRISONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
- GUADALUPE RENDONHospitalman · June 9, 1967
From Watervliet
- LARRY FRANCIS C HOADLEYStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
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.