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FREDDY PAUL HEUGEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 21, 1948 – February 24, 1969
Service recordFreddy Paul Heugel, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 36
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
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 36
- JAMES KENNETH HALLCaptain · February 24, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN HALLCorporal · February 24, 1969
- EUGENE SCOTT HANCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · February 24, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT HILLStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- MICHAEL NEIL HUBERTStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 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.