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GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – September 21, 1969
Service recordGregg William Heidrich, of Huron, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 121
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Huron, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 121
- JAMES WESLEY JACKSON JRGunnery Sergeant · September 21, 1969
- NATHANIEL JACKSON JRCaptain · September 21, 1969
- TOBY EDWARD JAECKELSSergeant · September 21, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MERLE WILLIAM HABENPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 120
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 123
From Huron
- JAMES CHARLES FEKETESergeant First Class · June 15, 1967
- THEODORE DAVISON WARDSergeant · May 8, 1969
- TERRANCE R MESENBURGSergeant · June 6, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES BAUMERFireman · January 21, 1970
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · March 15, 1971
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.