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RUSSELL M HEATH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1945 – October 5, 1965
Service recordRussell M Heath, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 107
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 107
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES HAUSCHILDTFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 106
- KENNETH MONROE HYETTSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 106
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 107
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 107
- JESSE RAY HUGHES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 108
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 108
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 109
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.