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CHARLES EDWARD HEINE
Captain · U.S. Army
November 17, 1942 – January 3, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Heine, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 26
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- WAYMON CLAY ELRODCaptain · January 3, 1969
- HERMAN EUGENE GANTSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER BINSTOCK JRCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 24
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.