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DONALD E HEINZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – July 5, 1967
Service recordDonald E Heinz, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 577 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 577 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 11
- CHARLES MANLEY GATTIS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- RALPH BERNARD GERKENSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HOEWELERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · May 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.