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RUSSELL JAMES E HEVERN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1950 – January 7, 1969
Service recordRussell James E Hevern, of Butte, Montana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 48
- GLENN EDWARD HOBART IIISergeant · January 7, 1969
- VINCENT LAWRENCE JACOBSFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- RONALD JAMES LEAKE JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN LONGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 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.