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STEVEN CLINTON HEFFNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1949 – April 26, 1968
Service recordSteven Clinton Heffner, of Winfield, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Winfield, Kansas (Cowley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 19
- CAREY DEAN HARMONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- DANNY EDWARD HEREAUSergeant · April 26, 1968
- WAYNE HENRY HOFFNERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROY DARRELL HUMPHREYSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ROGERS BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 13
From Winfield
- GERALD KING NEERStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1970
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.