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CHARLES THOMAS HESSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – July 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Thomas Hesse, of Mediapolis, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Quang Tri 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Mediapolis, Iowa (Des Moines County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 40
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
- CHARLES GEORGE HEYDORNSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- SID HILLStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- HARKLES LEROY HODGESPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARKLES LEROY HODGESPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 40
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 42
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 46
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.