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RONALD DAVID HECK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – January 25, 1970
Service recordRonald David Heck, of Grenloch, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Grenloch, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 65
- OSCAR CRUZ GONZALESCorporal · January 25, 1970
- BARRY VORRATH HOPPERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- ROBERT LAMAR JOHNSONSergeant · January 25, 1970
- THOMAS JAMES KORDOSKYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GENE ROGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 66
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.