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HARVEY NORMAN HEDSTROM
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1925 – May 17, 1969
Service recordHarvey Norman Hedstrom, of Alexandria, Minnesota, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 31
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1925
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Minnesota (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 31
- LAWRENCE EDWARD HITCHENSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- RICHARD JERRY HORNBACKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- JOHN ALVIE NICHOLASSergeant · May 17, 1969
From Alexandria
- ROBERT WILLIAM BREDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- MICHAEL NORRIS COLTONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 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.