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JOHN DIETRICH HEINZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1950 – March 23, 1971
Service recordJohn Dietrich Heinz, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 70
- PAUL JOHN FOTIChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 23, 1971
- JESSIE JAMES GARTHPrivate First Class · March 23, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BOSILJEVACMajor · September 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · Panel 4W, Line 70
- JEFFERY IGLESIAS QUINTANILLASergeant · Panel 4W, Line 71
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 71
- WARREN PAUL SEAWELCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 71
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.