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VICTOR ROMAN HEESACKER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 22, 1945 – May 21, 1968
Service recordVictor Roman Heesacker, of Humphrey, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 14
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Humphrey, Nebraska (Platte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 14
- JIMMY WAYNE HAMBYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- GREGORY ALEXANDER HARPERSergeant · May 21, 1968
- AURELIO GARZA HERRERASergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 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.