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EDGAR PAUL HEINEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1943 – September 3, 1966
Service recordEdgar Paul Heinen, of Pipe Creek, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powertrain Repairer (68D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Pipe Creek, Texas (Bandera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 65
- CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JRCaptain · September 3, 1966
- GUY MERRILL HODGKINSStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- MICHAEL HENRY KESSELLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- CLYDE A LEEDSStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SAMUEL FERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 63
- ROBERT ALLEN MASTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 64
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.