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ROBERT LYNN HEINMILLER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – March 2, 1969
Service recordRobert Lynn Heinmiller, of Fresno, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Single-Engine Airplane Repairman (67D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL EVANGELISTALance Corporal · March 2, 1969
- DAVID GOMEZ-BADILLOCorporal · March 2, 1969
- DAVID LAWRENCE GUILLENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HARTERSergeant · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS SANDERS COKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 14
- JOHN ANTHONY PETRICMajor · Panel 30W, Line 15
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.