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ROGER WILLIAM HEINZ
Major · U.S. Army
March 11, 1936 – December 9, 1969
Service recordRoger William Heinz, of Coventry, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 42
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Chaplain (35310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Coventry, Connecticut (Tolland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 42
- RICHARD GARFIELD HILLStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1969
- WARD LAWRENCE HOOPER JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT KIMBALLPrivate First Class · December 9, 1969
- KARL FERDINAND LANGELieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS TAYLOR GRAY IIICaptain · Panel 15W, Line 41
From Coventry
- MICHAEL ALLEN MACHIELance Corporal · May 31, 1968
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.