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W COLE HERNDON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1945 – September 11, 1968
Service recordW Cole Herndon, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- June 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 25
- WILLIAM ARNOLD GIBBSSergeant · September 11, 1968
- LEONARD OLSEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- GARY JOSEPH HALVERSONSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH HOYEZPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.