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KENNETH EDWARD HEATH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1949 – October 23, 1969
Service recordKenneth Edward Heath, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 109
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1969
- EUGENE OSCAR MARTINEZLance Corporal · October 23, 1969
- MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- GALEN MINOR SMITHPrivate First Class · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VANCE MARTIN EVANSSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 108
- RAYMOND ROBERT BLOSSEYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 110
- ROBERT PAUL SHEELYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
- CHARLES V REDDING IIICorporal · Panel 17W, Line 111
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.