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HERMAN A HESSELSCHWARDT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1949 – April 24, 1968
Service recordHerman A Hesselschwardt, of Defiance, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Defiance, Ohio (Defiance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 43
- JOHN LEROY VINCENTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JAMES LEROY WALLACECorporal · April 23, 1968
- JOHN SAMUEL WISEMANCorporal · April 23, 1968
From Defiance
- KENNETH ERROL GRAHAMPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- GARY LEE LOVEPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- EDWARD DEAN HANCOCKSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · September 14, 1968
- MICHAEL LERO BATTStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- ROGER ERNEST BEHNFELDTCaptain · August 19, 1972
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.