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CHARLES EDWARD HEATH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1944 – August 22, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Heath, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 26
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 26
- BOBBY GLYNN CORSISergeant · August 22, 1966
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- MICHAEL LEWISPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY OWENSSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ODIS THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 27
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
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.