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VERNON LEON HEADRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1948 – September 19, 1968
Service recordVernon Leon Headrick, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 41
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 41
- GARY EDWIN NOLESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- ELIAS JOHNSON PAULKStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1968
- FRANCIS STEVEN RHOADESPrivate · September 19, 1968
- ROY WAYNE RICHLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH VISSERSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 34
- STEVE JULIUS DOCKERYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 35
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 38
- DAVID CURTIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 38
- WILLIAM RICHARD TURNER JRSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 44
- MICHAEL KAYE WONDERLICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 44
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.