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RICHARD THEODORE HEIMES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – January 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Theodore Heimes, of Yankton, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Yankton, South Dakota (Yankton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 72
- HOWARD WAYNE GULLIKSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- CLEVELAND HOLMESPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HURSTMaster Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- PRINCE ARTHUR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 66
- ROBERT WAYNE FORKLSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 70
- PAUL EDGAR GERLACHPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 70
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 73
- DENNIS BEN KOUHNSSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 74
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 75
- PETE MELNICKSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 76
- RICHARD FRED RIALSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 80
From Yankton
- DAVID EUGENE HEVLECorporal · April 8, 1967
- CHARLES LANE JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- DOUGLAS DUANE JANSSENCorporal · January 26, 1969
- HARRY JAY COATES JRMajor · November 4, 1969
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.