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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Clifford S Heathcote JR.

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CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JR

Captain · U.S. Air Force

April 29, 1935 – September 3, 1966

Service record

Clifford S Heathcote JR, of Union, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 3, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 65

Position of Panel 10E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
April 29, 1935
Home of record
Union, New Jersey (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 3, 1966
Age
31
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 10E, Line 65

From Union

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.