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KENNETH HARRY HEITMANN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1944 – March 25, 1970
Service recordKenneth Harry Heitmann, of Victor, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Victor, Iowa (Poweshiek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 42
- TOBY RICHARD GRITZFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- HAROLD JAMES HARTWELLPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEO HAYESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- JOSEPH BERNARD HORSMANStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEO HAYESSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 42
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.