Rank: Master Sergeant
Unit: 919th Engineer Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 12B – Combat Engineer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Start of tour: 29-Jun-1967
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 30-Jul-2026
Hometown: Pueblo, Colorado
Marital status: Married to Alice L. Herritz
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 29-Jun-1967
Incident date: 15-Jul-1967
Date of casualty: 15-Jul-1967
Age at death: 40
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Everett August Herritz died as a result of metal fragment wounds received from a hostile mine while on a bridge repair operation.
Four Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
MAJ Donald Jack Crocker
MSG Everett August Herritz
PFC Harry Allen Kelly
PFC Donald Paskowicz
Location of fatality: Unknown, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Pueblo, Colorado, USA
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