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WAYNE HOWARD HEDEMANN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 22, 1945 – May 13, 1970
Service recordWayne Howard Hedemann, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 32
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Kealakekua, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 32
- RICHARD GILL DESILLIERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- RAYMOND JAMES DISANTICorporal · May 13, 1970
- DANNIE FITCHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
- ROBERT CUSPERT HARDWICKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL HENRY KRIEGELSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 34
From Kealakekua
- RODNEY JAMES TAKASHI YANOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1969
- GLENN TEUGIO SHIBATACorporal · March 29, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM GAA JRSergeant · January 15, 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.