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GEORGE BERNARD HESSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – September 21, 1968
Service recordGeorge Bernard Hesse, of Deer Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Deer Park, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 54
- HAROLD EUGENE FEEZELCorporal · September 21, 1968
- LAWRENCE E GARRON JRLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL IRVIN HANNEMANSergeant · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
From Deer Park
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER LACKNERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD KANECorporal · August 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 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.