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WILLIAM BURCH HERN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1950 – September 28, 1970
Service recordWilliam Burch Hern, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 98
- ANDRUS FLOYD DUPLECHAINPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- DAVID MICHAEL HOPKINSCorporal · September 28, 1970
- JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- JOSE MUNOZ JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MICHAEL HOPKINSCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 98
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.