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RICHARD EUGENE HEISTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1941 – June 2, 1965
Service recordRichard Eugene Heister, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 130
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- April 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 130
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- WERNER ERHARD LUTZCaptain · June 2, 1965
- THOMAS LEE PLANTSPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- GERALD MICHAEL ROMANOLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DAVID EARL GARRAPYCorporal · August 25, 1966
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.