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HAROLD FRANK HEYMACH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – March 8, 1968
Service recordHarold Frank Heymach, of West Keansburg, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 54
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- West Keansburg, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 54
- CLEMENT BRADLEY GRUBERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- BRUCE WALTER GRUNEWALDCorporal · March 8, 1968
- JOHN PETER HARTLAGE IIIPetty Officer Second Class · March 8, 1968
- BOYD LEMUEL HERRINGSergeant · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN CRAWFORD JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 56
From West Keansburg
- GILMAN WILLIAM MCKAYLance Corporal · November 2, 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.