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HEINZ AHLMEYER JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1944 – May 10, 1967
Service recordHeinz Ahlmeyer JR, of Pearl River, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 77
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Pearl River, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 77
- ELPIDIO ALLEN ARQUEROStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BEIRNESpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- ALLAN FREDERICK BERWEGERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- JAMES MATTHEW BISHOPLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ARTHUR SHARP JRLance Corporal · Panel 19E, Line 86
- JAMES NEIL TYCZSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 88
From Pearl River
- MICHAEL ROBERT KERNANSergeant · May 25, 1970
- ROBERT ERNEST BAUERWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 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.