KLAUS J HERMS
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HONORED ON PANEL 5E, LINE 104 OF THE WALL

KLAUS JURGEN HERMS

WALL NAME

KLAUS J HERMS

PANEL / LINE

5E/104

DATE OF BIRTH

06/28/1945

CASUALTY PROVINCE

QUANG NGAI

DATE OF CASUALTY

03/04/1966

HOME OF RECORD

SAN DIMAS

COUNTY OF RECORD

Los Angeles County

STATE

CA

BRANCH OF SERVICE

MARINE CORPS

RANK

LCPL

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LEFT FOR KLAUS JURGEN HERMS
POSTED ON 10.19.2022
POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….
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POSTED ON 10.1.2020
POSTED BY: Hubert Yoshida

Gone But Not Forgotten

Lance Corporal Klaus Jurgen Herms was the son of Walter B. Herms and Hildegard M. Herms of Covina, CA. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on February 10, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA. LCpl Herms was a Marine Rifleman, age 20, born June 28, 1945, in Gleiwitz, Poland, his family emigrated to the United States and settled in San Dimas, CA. LCpl Herms arrived in Vietnam with Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), III MAF, FMFPac. On March 4, Operation UTAH was launched under the command of Task Force Delta in the Son Thinh District of Quang Ngai Province where the Marines would encounter elements of the 21st NVA Regiment. On D-day 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines conducted a helicopter assault near the Chau Ngai complex of villages and was heavily engaged with a regiment of NVA regulars near Hill 50 and Hill 35. Elements of F Company and H Company were overrun but were able to recover and consolidate to a night position near Chau Ngai 4. By the end of D-Day, 2/7 counted 94 enemy KIA and estimated 63 WIA. Friendly losses were 44 KIA and 84 WIA. An additional 20+ persons received minor wounds and were not evacuated. The next day, 5 March, the battle moved to the North and 2/7 cleaned up the battlefields from the day before, recovering the dead, and clearing out caves and bunkers.On March 4, 1966, LCpl Herms was killed in action dying from multiple fragmentation wounds from a hostile explosive device. LCpl Herms is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina, Los Angeles County, California and is honored on the Vietnam Memorial on Panel 05E, Line 104.
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POSTED ON 5.19.2019
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear Lcpl Klaus Herms, Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. Yesterday was Armed Forces Day. Please watch over the USA, it still needs your courage. Rest in peace with the angels....
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POSTED ON 2.21.2018
POSTED BY: Sel J. Wong

Face of a Hero

This is his boot camp photo from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Platoon 213. He earned the title “U.S. Marine” on May 6, 1964.

Thank you for your service to our great country my brother. Semper Fi.
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POSTED ON 1.5.2015

The uncle I never met

I just want to say thanks you for fighting for this country. I wish I could have met you, but I enjoy hearing the stories my dad tells.
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