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DAVID FRANKLIN HEISER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – February 2, 1969
Service recordDavid Franklin Heiser, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 40
- THOMAS ROY GROVERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- LINCOLN HARDYPrivate · February 2, 1969
- DOUGLAS ELMER HOFFMANSergeant · February 2, 1969
- HOMER WARREN HOLLISTERCorporal · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE BOYERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 36
- WILLIAM HERMAN DENNEY JRCaptain · Panel 33W, Line 37
- CLIFFORD MCCARTH GARDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 39
- THOMAS ROY GROVERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 40
- LINCOLN HARDYPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 40
- CHARLES EDWARD INLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 41
- GEORGE EMMETT JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 41
- THOMAS TRAMMEL STAPLES IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 45
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.