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FLOYD HEGLER JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1929 – March 2, 1968
Service recordFloyd Hegler JR, of Bearden, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1929
- Home of record
- Bearden, Arkansas (Ouachita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 33
- DAVID NOEL HILLCorporal · March 2, 1968
- FRANK JOHN HUTCHINSSergeant · March 2, 1968
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES JENKSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL VAL ANDREStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 27
- EARL FREDERICK FITCHCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 31
- WILLIE LEE MCGAUGHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 37
- PETER SIMMONS REINHARTCaptain · Panel 42E, Line 39
- MARK EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 41
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.