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ROBERT EDWARD HERNDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Edward Herndon, of Cudahy, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 102
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Cudahy, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 102
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- JAMES MASON KELLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- GERALD ALBERT KULMSergeant · May 5, 1970
- JACK DAVID LEOPARDSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAOUL DOWDSPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 100
- RODNEY KENNETH MILLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 104
- WILLIAM HOWARD SHALLERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 106
- ROSCOE SYBERTSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Cudahy
- LLOYD FRANCIS MOUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- GARY LAYNE WALKERPrivate · May 17, 1968
- FELIPE HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.