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FRANCIS JOE HEFNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordFrancis Joe Hefner, of Vallejo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 9
- KENNETH RAYMOND HELLMANPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- LEE EDWARD HIMEBAUGHCorporal · May 27, 1968
- RUBEN LEE HORTONPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- MICHAEL JAMES FALLONCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- KENNETH RAYMOND HELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
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.