The Wall › Panel 25E › Texas › John Darracott Heflin
JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – September 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Darracott Heflin, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 84
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 84
- MICHAEL JOHN HOLSTIUSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS HOLTMANCorporal · September 2, 1967
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DAVID RAY HUNTPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 82
- JAMES EMORY MANESSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 86
- CRAIG ERIC MCCORKLESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 88
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 89
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 90
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD HUNTMajor · August 20, 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.