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ROBERT HERALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – September 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Herald, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 64
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 64
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- VERN ALLEN HARRISPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSONSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS GERALD IMPSONPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 61
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- DAVID ALLEN FORSYTHESpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 63
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 66
- ETHER ARNOLD TINKUMPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 67
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 1
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.