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DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1948 – April 13, 1968
Service recordDouglas Randolph Heath, of Kenner, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenner, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 42
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES HEALEY JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- STEPHEN JOHN HINDSLance Corporal · April 13, 1968
- KENNETH LEE HINNANTPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND LEE BALLEWPrivate · Panel 49E, Line 38
- JOHN MARTIN BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 39
- AGAPITO GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 41
- JOE EDD GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 41
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 41
- ERNEST ESTELL LESUREStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 44
- JAMES LEONARD PARKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 45
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 46
- ALFRED LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 46
- WARREN JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 47
- JUAN PEDRO VALDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 48
- GRADY THACKERSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 49
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
From Kenner
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- JOSEPH STARNS KOPFLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- JOE COOPERSergeant · September 11, 1971
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.