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RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZ
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 24, 1941 – September 22, 1966
Service recordRonald Arthur Heintz, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 22, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · 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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- January 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 132
- WILLIAM JOHN FISHERLance Corporal · September 22, 1966
- JOE THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.