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JAMES REEVE HEIMBOLD
Captain · U.S. Army
February 3, 1943 – December 4, 1970
Service recordJames Reeve Heimbold, of San Jose, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 106
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 3, 1943
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1970; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 106
- HENRY LEWIS CHAVISSpecialist Four · December 4, 1970
- GEORGE CURTIS GREEN JRSergeant · December 4, 1970
- TERRY DEWAYNE KINMANSpecialist Five · December 4, 1970
- JOHN IRVING LASSITTERFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER CLAUS BEHRENSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 105
- ANDREW MACHRISTIESergeant Major · Panel 6W, Line 107
- KERMIT LESLIE MATTHEWSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 107
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.