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JOHN EUGENE HEYEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Eugene Heyen, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 28
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 28
- JOHN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · November 21, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- MARVIN JOEL NASCHEKCommander · November 21, 1968
- CARMELO NAVARROCorporal · November 21, 1968
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
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.