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JAMES ROBERT HEATH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1946 – May 29, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Heath, of Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · 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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 118
- DONALD JERRY EVANSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ARAMIS GONZALEZ-PEREZPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- LYLE D HOLLOWAYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- BILLY JOE HOLTLance Corporal · May 29, 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.