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RONALD WARD HERD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1948 – August 5, 1970
Service recordRonald Ward Herd, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 85
- WILLIAM ANDERSON CRAIGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MONTE WAYNE FORRESTCorporal · August 5, 1970
- STEVEN THOMAS GRIGGSPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MARK STEVEN HAILEYSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- TERRY JOHN PAYNESergeant · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK STEVEN HAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 85
- DAVID RAY TOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 86
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.