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DENNIS RALPH HEINZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – April 16, 1970
Service recordDennis Ralph Heinz, of Springville, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Springville, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 13
- JEFFREY LYNN DAVISSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK DOWNINGStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1970
- JAMES KENNETH FLANNERYFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1970
- EARL HENDERSONPrivate · April 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LEE RIDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 15
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 15
From Springville
- JOHN MICHAEL ELLISLance Corporal · July 10, 1969
- BRUCE ALLEN CROSBY JRSergeant · March 30, 1972
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.