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WILLIAM VAN HEARNS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – July 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Van Hearns, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Helper (55A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 51
- DAVID ADDISON FREDERICKCaptain · July 30, 1967
- LARRY ARTHUR GARNERFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN CHESTER GEMBORYSLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOEL R KOHLERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 52
- DENNIS KUZERCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 52
- TERRY LEROY WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 53
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.