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JACK JEAN HIEBER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1937 – July 27, 1966
Service recordJack Jean Hieber, of Battle Creek, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Iowa (Ida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 82
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1966
- JERRY L SCHEMELPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JRCaptain · July 27, 1966
- RUTHERFORD J WELSHWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 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.