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DONALD ERNEST HEGGAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1944 – July 20, 1968
Service recordDonald Ernest Heggan, of Hammonton, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 19
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Hammonton, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 19
- GARY CLAUD JONESSergeant · July 20, 1968
- BRIAN FRANCIS LEFEVREPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ARTHUR PATRICK MURPHY JRLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 16
- TERRY LEE MCNEARCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 20
- ROOSEVELT SHERMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 21
From Hammonton
- GEORGE ABRAHAM DELUCAMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1965
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- RAFAEL MELENDEZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- GERARD VINCENT PALMACaptain · April 19, 1969
- CARL STEVEN MERLINOMajor · October 14, 1971
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.