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KENNETH HAROLD HEISSER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1946 – May 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth Harold Heisser, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Repairer, Self-Propelled (2144)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 8'' H BTRY 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 43
- PAUL J HICKSSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1967
- HARRY LEAVERN HISSONGPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- MICHAEL GARY LANGSTONLance Corporal · May 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.