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ROGER DALE HEDDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1948 – August 12, 1968
Service recordRoger Dale Hedden, of Hartford City, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 53
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Hartford City, Indiana (Blackford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 53
- DOUGLAS LLOYD FREDERICKLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- BOBBY FREEMANSergeant · August 12, 1968
- LEONARD ZACHARY GURWITZLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- HARRY JAMES HAASSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH PAUL DAYHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 52
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 2
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · Panel 48W, Line 3
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Hartford City
- VALENTINE DANIEL UNCAPHERPrivate First Class · August 15, 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.