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THOMAS MALCOLM HERGERT
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
November 14, 1916 – March 8, 1964
Service recordThomas Malcolm Hergert, of Savanna, Illinois, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1964, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 14, 1916
- Home of record
- Savanna, Illinois (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1964
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1964; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 45
- MORRIS RALPH MCBRIDECaptain · March 3, 1964
- THOMAS WELLER MCCARTHYCaptain · March 3, 1964
- HERBERT FRANCIS HARDY JRCaptain · March 4, 1964
- JOHN FRANCIS SHEAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1964
From Savanna
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · April 23, 1968
- JOSEPH VERN REDMONDStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
- NICHOLAS ALLEN BERGERStaff Sergeant · December 7, 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.