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RICHARD AUGUST HEIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1942 – May 9, 1967
Service recordRichard August Hein, of Vernal, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Vernal, Utah (Uintah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 72
- CARMAN KEETON HICKSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- KENNETH LEROY HOLDERPetty Officer Third Class · May 9, 1967
- DEL RAY JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE L FANTPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 70
From Vernal
- GARY DODDS HALLSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- WILBERT DWAYNE KANOSHCorporal · January 30, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1970
- ROY WILLIAM GARDINERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- DEAN L AITKENSergeant · May 4, 1970
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.