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DANIEL MACOM HEDGES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – September 13, 1970
Service recordDaniel Macom Hedges, of Malvern, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Malvern, Arkansas (Hot Spring County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 61
- DENNIS LEE DAVESSergeant · September 13, 1970
- DANIEL RICHARD FENNSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- GARRISON DAVID FIELDSSpecialist Five · September 13, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE GENTRYSergeant · September 13, 1970
From Malvern
- JERRY WILSON HARMONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CLIFFORD N MIZEStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- STEPHEN FREDERICK PETERSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON MANN JRSergeant · November 5, 1968
- ROBERT PRESTON ENGLISHCorporal · December 8, 1968
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
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.