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NORMAN WALTER HECK JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 11, 1936 – December 8, 1964
Service recordNorman Walter Heck JR, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1964
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 74
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- GUY THOMAS FREELANDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 74
- GUY THOMAS FREELANDSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 74
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · Panel 1E, Line 74
From Monroe
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
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.