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DAVID WILLIAM HECK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1949 – February 18, 1968
Service recordDavid William Heck, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 6
- DENNIS FRANCIS HAHNSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- LAWRENCE EVERETT HAMESLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- RICHARD MARK HAMMONDSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP HARKANSONPrivate · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN WILLIAM BATESPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 79
- JEFFREY R BYRNEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 2
- NOEL DEAN WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 16
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY MITCHELLMajor · May 22, 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.