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GARY PAUL HEIZER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordGary Paul Heizer, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 60
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wheeled Tractor Operator (62L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 864 ENG BN 3 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 60
- DAVID ELWOOD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- ROBERT SMITH HARDISONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- ALLAN G HARPERSergeant · March 27, 1969
- LEONARD CLARENCE IVY JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.