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BRIAN CHARLES HEATH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordBrian Charles Heath, of Tampa, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 97
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 97
- DANIEL HAROLD HACKETTCorporal · June 20, 1969
- CRAIG HAYES HANSENPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- BUFFARD CLIFTON HARRISONSergeant First Class · June 20, 1969
- HARVEY JOE HASSLERSergeant · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 95
- RICHARD DENNIS JOYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- WILLIAM LOUIS LONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 99
- JAMES EDWARD PARKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 100
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.