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JOHN ALLEN HEIKA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1945 – August 10, 1966
Service recordJohn Allen Heika, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 122
- ALBERT LEROY FRENCHFirst Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- GARY FRANCIS FUNNPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JRCaptain · August 10, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 123
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.