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MICHAEL WAYNE HEUER
Seaman · U.S. Navy
December 8, 1946 – April 21, 1966
Service recordMichael Wayne Heuer, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 126
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 126
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- JACK ELMER KELLERCaptain · April 21, 1966
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate · April 21, 1966
- FREDRICK WAYNE MILLERCorporal · April 21, 1966
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.