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PAUL LEO HEATER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1946 – August 23, 1966
Service recordPaul Leo Heater, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 30
- WILLIAM LEE HARTLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- NORMAN ANTHONY HEFTSpecialist Four · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GREENCorporal · May 8, 1967
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.