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RUSSELL JAMES HEATH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1948 – September 16, 1968
Service recordRussell James Heath, of Toppenish, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Toppenish, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS GAINES JRSergeant First Class · September 16, 1968
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- DELON HUNTERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL THOMPSONSergeant · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PAUL DEMANUELESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 3
- TONY GORDON POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 8
From Toppenish
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- GEORGE ISAAC PADILLACorporal · January 15, 1967
- MERREL P WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
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.