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GARY LEE HEEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1948 – January 15, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Heeman, of Sayre, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Sayre, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 7
- DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILDSergeant · January 15, 1969
- EDWARD FREDERICK GRANDPRECorporal · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK WILLIAM GRESCHStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1969
- JOSEPH EMANUAL HURNEYSergeant · January 15, 1969
From Sayre
- NORMAN JAMES NOBLESPrivate · January 21, 1969
- MERLE GRIFFIN HUBBARDSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.