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JOHN MICHAEL HIEBERT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 24, 1948 – December 2, 1971
Service recordJohn Michael Hiebert, of Hesston, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Hesston, Kansas (Harvey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1971; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 82
- JOE STUART BURCHFIELDCaptain · December 2, 1971
- THOMAS HAROLD FOLEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM KEENEPrivate · December 2, 1971
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS HAROLD FOLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 82
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 82
- WILLIAM THOMAS WARREN JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 83
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.