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NED RICHARD HEINTZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1946 – May 16, 1970
Service recordNed Richard Heintz, of De Graff, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Home of record
- De Graff, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 50
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DOUCETPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY FILLIONSergeant · May 16, 1970
- NEAL RAY FRANKSergeant · May 16, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY HAMILTONSergeant First Class · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- AUBREY WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 55
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.