Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Walter Ray Herman Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Marine Corps
- Unit of Service: 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division; 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division; Headquarters Fleet Marine Force Pacific; Headquarters Marine Corps; 1st Marine Air Wing
- Location of Service: Parris Island, South Carolina; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Okinawa and Iwakuni, Japan; Honolulu, Hawaii; Washington, DC; Kansas City, Missouri; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Master Gunnery Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/31713
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About this Item
Title
- Walter Ray Herman Collection
Names
- Herman, Walter Ray
- Borcherding, Arline
- Bresette, Evie
- National Archives - Central Plains Region
Home State
- Missouri
Headings
- - Herman, Walter Ray
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Marine Corps.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Marine Corps
- Unit of Service: 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division; 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division; Headquarters Fleet Marine Force Pacific; Headquarters Marine Corps; 1st Marine Air Wing
- Location of Service: Parris Island, South Carolina; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Okinawa and Iwakuni, Japan; Honolulu, Hawaii; Washington, DC; Kansas City, Missouri; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Master Gunnery Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1959-1979
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 2004)
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of photograph (collected 2004; 2005-05-13)
- Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2004-09-04)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [4 items] -- (collected 1979-1998)
- Manuscript: Civilian papers (certificates, forms, wills, etc) [4 items] -- (collected 2004-01-15)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- (collected 1993-01-03)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/31713
Cite as
- Walter Ray Herman Collection (AFC/2001/001/31713), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Okinawa and Iwakuni, Japan
- Parris Island, South Carolina
- Vietnam
- Washington, DC
Service Unit
- 1st Marine Air Wing
- 2nd Battalion
- 2nd Marine Division
- 3rd Marine Division
- 3rd Marine Regiment
- 6th Marine Regiment
- Headquarters Fleet Marine Force Pacific
- Headquarters Marine Corps