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PETER GEORGE HEINZMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1938 – October 28, 1969
Service recordPeter George Heinzman, of Winner, South Dakota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 128
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Born
- June 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Winner, South Dakota (Tripp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 128
- RALPH SILVIO CINOTTISpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- ANGEL L HERNANDEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- FERMAN BOBBY HODGESChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 28, 1969
- MARK JACKSONFirst Lieutenant · October 28, 1969
From Winner
- RICHARD DWAYNE MILTONTechnical Sergeant · April 7, 1972
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.