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ROBERT CURTIS HERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Curtis Herman, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 108
- HAROLD LEE ECKERT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1969
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD GORDYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DAVID DELANY HANBURYSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.