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RICHARD BROWN HEYDT
Major · U.S. Army
November 10, 1934 – March 11, 1967
Service recordRichard Brown Heydt, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 59
- CALVIN KYRLE GRAESER JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- GUY PAUL GUADAGNOSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- FREDERICK ALTON HITSONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD HUTTONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 60
- HAYWARD CARL SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 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.