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STEVEN EUGENE HESLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1943 – December 31, 1968
Service recordSteven Eugene Hesler, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 12
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
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- August 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 12
- ROBERT EARL ENRIGHTSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- RICARDO GALVANPrivate · December 31, 1968
- ERNEST EDWARD GARRAHANSergeant · December 31, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1968
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.