Benjamin David De Herrera

Vietnam War
Unit503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromColorado Springs Colorado
Date of DeathNovember 19 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Private First Class De Herrera was a member of Company C, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On November 19, 1967, he was on a search and destroy mission in South Vietnam and came under heavy North Vietnamese fire. He withdrew to the Company C command post and a large explosion killed him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.