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DARREL WAYNE HEEREN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordDarrel Wayne Heeren, of Maywood, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 68
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Maywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 68
- JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- RAUL GRIMALDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JAMES EARL HESKETTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- LOUIS HILLYERSergeant First Class · January 7, 1968
From Maywood
- WILLIAM VERNON POTTERPetty Officer First Class · July 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN EVANSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- PEDRO CORDOVA GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 22, 1970
- ARTHUR THOMAS BIEMERETLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
- THOMAS ALAN DELANEYPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.