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MICHAEL HEINRICH
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1949 – May 18, 1970
Service recordMichael Heinrich, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 62
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · May 18, 1970
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
- HARRY JAMES STONESergeant · May 18, 1970
- ROBERT DANIEL UNRUESpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK WARREN BACHERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 60
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 60
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 62
- JAMES JOSEPH WILKINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 63
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.