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NORMAN ANTHONY HEFT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1941 – August 23, 1966
Service recordNorman Anthony Heft, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 30
- WILLIAM LEE HARTLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 30
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.