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DONALD LEROY HEASTON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1928 – August 23, 1966
Service recordDonald Leroy Heaston, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1928
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 30
- WILLIAM LEE HARTLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- NORMAN ANTHONY HEFTSpecialist Four · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN ANTHONY HEFTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 30
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JOHN HARRY JOHNSONSergeant Major · July 12, 1967
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.