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JAMES JOSEPH HEETHER II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1946 – September 19, 1966
Service recordJames Joseph Heether II, of Ada, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ada, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 118
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- WARREN LEE GOULDMajor · September 19, 1966
- GOLLIE LEO GRANTHospitalman · September 19, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
From Ada
- ABE RICHARD DEYOUNGSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MELVIN RAY THOMASSergeant · May 15, 1970
- RANDALL CRAIG VANHAITSMACorporal · May 20, 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.