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THOMAS FRANKLIN HERKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordThomas Franklin Herkins, of Brookville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Brookville, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- 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
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 3
- ROBERT JOHN HIMLERCaptain · August 24, 1968
- LESLIE EDMUND HINES IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HUGHESCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JOSEF PAUL INTIHARSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
From Brookville
- JOSEPH JUSTIN HELTSLEYSergeant · June 16, 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.