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GREGORY LYNN HEGGEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – November 1, 1968
Service recordGregory Lynn Heggen, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 76
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 76
- CHESTER DONALD DALEPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- STANLEY MOORE HARRELLCorporal · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GORDON HOFFAirman First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL KAULUHAIMAI KAHANASpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 77
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.