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JOSEPH EMERSON HEATH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 18, 1946 – October 29, 1968
Service recordJoseph Emerson Heath, of Brewer, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Brewer, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 54
- CHARLES EDWARD HAZLIPSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- JAMES D HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
- HERBERT NICHOLAS JOHNSONGunnery Sergeant · October 29, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL PRICEPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
From Brewer
- PHILLIP J CAYFORD JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LORING WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY DERAGONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
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.