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ROBERT HENRY HERING
Captain · U.S. Army
July 17, 1941 – August 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Henry Hering, of Burlington, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 55
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Burlington, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 55
- DONALD DALE HAWKINSSergeant · August 19, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH HEFNERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- AUBREY RUDOLPH HENLEYStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- TERRY ALAN HODGESSergeant · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BUCK PURTELLSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 3
From Burlington
- DELL CONLEY GEISEHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- JOHNNIE D SANDERSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR CRAMERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM DELAATLance Corporal · June 11, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN ROBERTSCorporal · August 22, 1970
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.