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MICHAEL JAMES HEINDSELMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1949 – July 16, 1970
Service recordMichael James Heindselman, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 22
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 22
- WILLIAM EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · July 15, 1970
- ERNEST RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · July 16, 1970
- DONALD ALAN KRUMREIWarrant Officer 1 · July 16, 1970
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 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.