Rank: Sergeant First Class
Unit: D Company, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 10-Oct-1934
Hometown: Copperas Cove, Texas
Marital status: Married to Gloria Koliba, one son
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 6-Apr-1968
Incident date: 15-May-1968
Date of casualty: 15-May-1968
Age at death: 33
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Herbert Koliba died as a result of fragment wounds received while on combat operation when the military vehicle he was on was hit by a hostile anti-tank round. He was admitted to a military hospital in Vietnam (24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh) and placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list, where he later expired.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, Texas, USA
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