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DENNIS EDWARD HEITNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – June 13, 1970
Service recordDennis Edward Heitner, of Syracuse, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 50
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 27 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 50
- PHILLIP WILLIAM GREEN JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 1970
- LEWIS EUGENE HUGHES IILance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS RUMMELSergeant · June 13, 1970
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.