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JAMES JOSEPH HEFNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1948 – August 19, 1968
Service recordJames Joseph Hefner, of Goshen, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Goshen, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 55
- DONALD DALE HAWKINSSergeant · August 19, 1968
- AUBREY RUDOLPH HENLEYStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY HERINGCaptain · August 19, 1968
- TERRY ALAN HODGESSergeant · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 51
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEORIO JRCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 53
- RALPH WILLIAM MILBOURNESergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 5
- VICTOR DAVID TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 5
From Goshen
- ALAN WAYNE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BECKSergeant · August 30, 1968
- HERBERT JAMES WISHERSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
- DAVID SEELEY PELLEWStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD HUESTISSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · June 11, 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.