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MICHAEL FREDERICK HEATH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – May 31, 1969
Service recordMichael Frederick Heath, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 27
- PATRICK MICHAEL HAGERTYPrivate · May 31, 1969
- PRENTISS HARRIS JRSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HOHMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1969
- CLARENCE JONES JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 25
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ TELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- PATRICK MICHAEL HAGERTYPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 27
- PRENTISS HARRIS JRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 27
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 28
- SALVADORE INIGUEZ RUIZSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- WILLIAM JERRY SEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 32
- STEPHEN EDWARD TURZILLISpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 33
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 33
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.