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DAVID EUGENE HEVLE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1944 – April 8, 1967
Service recordDavid Eugene Hevle, of Yankton, South Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- September 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Yankton, South Dakota (Yankton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 123
- JERRY DEAN HATCHERLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIS HEAPSCorporal · April 8, 1967
- BENNIE LEE HOUSTONLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- HOWARD LLOYD LEROY JRLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
From Yankton
- CHARLES LANE JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- RICHARD THEODORE HEIMESSergeant · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUANE JANSSENCorporal · January 26, 1969
- HARRY JAY COATES JRMajor · November 4, 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.