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DON RAY HEIMARK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordDon Ray Heimark, of Lomita, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 68
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; eight 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 12W, Line 68
- LARRY GILBERTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JOE WORTH GREENMajor · April 1, 1970
- SYRIAC HEBERT JRSergeant · April 1, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLSergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL EUGENE BARNETTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 66
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 71
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 74
- TERRY WARD RATCLIFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
- MILTON TRUMAN SWAINSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 76
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 76
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 77
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 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.