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DENNIS RAY HEIHN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1946 – September 4, 1966
Service recordDennis Ray Heihn, of San Pablo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1946
- Home of record
- San Pablo, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 68
- RALPH LEROY KEELERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- FLOYD D KING SRSergeant First Class · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD D KING SRSergeant First Class · Panel 10E, Line 68
From San Pablo
- GEORGE STEVE FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- DENNIS ALBERT PRENTICESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- MORRIS ALLAN NOBLECorporal · June 17, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- LITTLE JAY JACKSONSpecialist Five · March 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROSEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · August 30, 1968
- GARY DEAN HUMPHRIESCaptain · January 26, 1969
- JACK DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
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.