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GARY LLOYD HEIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – December 6, 1969
Service recordGary Lloyd Hein, of Tipton, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 32
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Tipton, Iowa (Cedar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 32
- ROBERT ARTHUR FALKENAUFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- CHARLES ELTON FERRELLCaptain · December 6, 1969
- LARRY LOUISE HOHMANSergeant · December 6, 1969
- ROBIN MANGUMLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1969
From Tipton
- RICHARD LEMOYNE MURRAYCorporal · April 10, 1968
- ALLAN LEE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
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.