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THOMAS FOREST HERRING
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 24, 1949 – December 17, 1970
Service recordThomas Forest Herring, of Lombard, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Lombard, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 127
- RAYMOND JOSEPH FLYNN JRFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1970
- ANDREW CASTRO GUERREROCorporal · December 17, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSergeant First Class · December 17, 1970
- FERENC JOHN RAMMSergeant · December 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALLEN GYDESENCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 126
From Lombard
- WILLIAM ROSS ROMANOPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
- RICHARD PHILLIP ROBBLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- DIETER HANS BURGERStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- CHARLES DENNIS PEKNYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- WILLIAM PERRY LYONSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1970
- JOHN SIMMONS WEAVERCorporal · January 16, 1971
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.