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JOSEPH EDWARD HEIMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – February 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph Edward Heiman, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 36
- WAYNE DOUGLAS HAMELPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- TIMOTHY ROWLEY HAMMONDSergeant · February 5, 1968
- SHULER ADOLF HOFFMANLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HOLTCorporal · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY J BLANKENSHIPCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 31
- RAUL CANDELARIAPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- LEE RAY KINGSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 37
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 38
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 40
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 45
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.