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CARL FREDERICK HYNEK III
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 14, 1945 – October 5, 1967
Service recordCarl Frederick Hynek III, of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 54
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 54
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM BROOKS KISERFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- FRANCIS CHARLES MIDUSKISecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LOUIS ALVEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- HOLBERT EUGENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- CHARLES EDWARD FARMERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARTIN DAVID HESTERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARSHALL WIMBERLY HUNTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
From Willow Grove
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
- PAUL THOMAS WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JEAN PIERRE SOUZONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.