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FREDRICK MERRIMAN HECKLER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 20, 1945 – September 3, 1968
Service recordFredrick Merriman Heckler, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 3, 1968, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 20, 1945
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 32
- JAMES WESLEY DACYLance Corporal · September 3, 1968
- PAUL REID FRAZIERSergeant · September 3, 1968
- ANTONIO BENAVID HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD HYLANDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.