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THOMAS FRANCIS HEFFERNAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1931 – January 13, 1966
Service recordThomas Francis Heffernan, of Taylor, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- February 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Taylor, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 69
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WAYNE IRA JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
From Taylor
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · February 28, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL SCHERERLance Corporal · January 17, 1971
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.