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JERRY WAYNE HEUER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – April 15, 1968
Service recordJerry Wayne Heuer, of Sparta, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 4
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Sparta, Wisconsin (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 4
- ROBERT FRITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- HOMER HOWARD HAWSCorporal · April 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOLTZHOUSERSergeant · April 15, 1968
- ROBERT EARL MALONEFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GUNNAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 3
- ROBERT FRITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 4
- GEORGE J ECONOMOUS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 5
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- LAUREN DALE HUERDSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- EDWARD ANTHONY RHODEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 7
- LARRY EUGENE SLOANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 8
- STEVEN DEAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Sparta
- MICHAEL ALLARD HODGEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- BYRON CLAIR TUCKERWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1968
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.