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EDWARD MICHAEL HEISER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1949 – June 28, 1968
Service recordEdward Michael Heiser, of Brook Park, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Brook Park, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 11
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- HAROLD JOERENZO HERRINGSergeant · June 28, 1968
- PAUL FREDERICK JOHNSColonel · June 28, 1968
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
From Brook Park
- TRAVIS ONEAL POSSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- THEODORE FRANK FUSSPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- JOHN JAMES HARGREAVESPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- MICHAEL MONROE USSERYSergeant · May 9, 1970
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.