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NED ARTHUR HEATH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – September 6, 1968
Service recordNed Arthur Heath, of Alpena, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 31 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Alpena, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 52
- EUGENE WINFIELD HARTMANMajor · September 6, 1968
- JAMES CECIL HOLMESSergeant · September 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSECorporal · September 6, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 1968
From Alpena
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
- PHILIP BLAINE EMERSONLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- GENE PAUL FUSSEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · September 6, 1970
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.