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HEYWARD WINDELL NEDD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1944 – July 7, 1966
Service recordHeyward Windell Nedd, of Bishopville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Bishopville, South Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 5
- JOHN LEON KUKTELIONISSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- HORACE GIBBS MITCHELL JRSergeant · July 7, 1966
- VICTOR LLEWELLYN PAINECorporal · July 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 3
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 5
- HORACE GIBBS MITCHELL JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 5
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 6
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 7
From Bishopville
- MICHAEL RYAN MCLENDONLance Corporal · September 11, 1966
- WILLIE LEE JOESpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- RANDY MAYO DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 13, 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.