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ORVILLE W HEIGHTLAND JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1947 – February 18, 1968
Service recordOrville W Heightland JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 7
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 35 ARTY II FF
- Born
- June 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 7
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- REUBEN JONES JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- DANIEL LEE KICKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER KINSEYLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.