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JACKIE PHILLIP HEIL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 25, 1941 – September 25, 1970
Service recordJackie Phillip Heil, of Rocky Ford, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 25, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 89
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Rocky Ford, Colorado (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 89
- GERALD ALLAN COOPERMaster Sergeant · September 25, 1970
- ROBERT JUNIOR FISHLEIGHChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 25, 1970
- LLOYD HAROLD GRIMES IISergeant · September 25, 1970
- CHARLES MAURY HALLSTROMFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1970
From Rocky Ford
- JOHN BEN VALDEZSergeant · August 13, 1969
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.