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EMERSON E HELLER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1926 – April 25, 1969
Service recordEmerson E Heller, of Spring City, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thailand, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 24, 1926
- Home of record
- Spring City, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 46
- SAMUEL ALONZO BESSENTSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- CLAYBURN MCGEE HATCHERSpecialist Five · April 25, 1969
- LARRY DEAN JOHNSONSergeant · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KELLY JRCorporal · April 25, 1969
From Spring City
- EARL W HIMESSergeant · March 5, 1969
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.