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GARY ORVILLE HEDIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordGary Orville Hedin, of Long Prairie, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Prairie, Minnesota (Todd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 19
- GARLAND ALEX GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL HAINSpecialist Five · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES LEON HANSELMANCorporal · January 10, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HARTWELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 10, 1968
From Long Prairie
- FRANCIS HENRY TOENYANCorporal · June 29, 1967
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
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.