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ISAAC EDWARD HEATH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1940 – March 18, 1969
Service recordIsaac Edward Heath, of Torrance, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Long
- 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 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 66
- PAUL ANTHONY CABRALPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- HARDY EUGENE CALLOWAYFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- MARK FRANCIS DANIELSSergeant · March 18, 1969
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 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.