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DARRELL W HEATHERLY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1942 – June 6, 1967
Service recordDarrell W Heatherly, of Springfield, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Tennessee (Robertson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 61
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM CLOUTIERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- WILLIAM CLAYTON GUNTERLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
From Springfield
- JIMMIE CLAY HUTCHERSONCorporal · June 2, 1966
- BILLY BARNELL WOODSONLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MURPHEYLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- DWIGHT WAYNE CARROLLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM LYNN PITTLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
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.