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CHARLES GEORGE HEYDORN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1946 – July 23, 1968
Service recordCharles George Heydorn, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 40
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS HESSESergeant · July 23, 1968
- SID HILLStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- HARKLES LEROY HODGESPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY MARTINCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 42
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 45
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.