The Wall › Panel 12W › Texas › Richard Farley Heath
RICHARD FARLEY HEATH
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
November 20, 1947 – April 13, 1970
Service recordRichard Farley Heath, of Goldthwaite, Texas, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 132
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Goldthwaite, Texas (Mills County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 132
- JOSE HERNANDEZ JRSeaman · April 13, 1970
- JAMES AUBREY HULSEYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1970
- WLADISLAW KAUSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN LAUGHLINSergeant · April 13, 1970
From Goldthwaite
- BOBBY WELDON LETBETTERSergeant First Class · November 21, 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.