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RICHARD MICHAEL HECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – October 6, 1966
Service recordRichard Michael Heck, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 52
- ULYSSES VAN FRAZIERPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT HAROLD HOLMESPrivate · October 6, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- RICHARD ELVIN RICHARDSONLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EUGENE WINDHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 54
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.