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TERRY GENE HEEKIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1943 – March 2, 1967
Service recordTerry Gene Heekin, of Covina, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- April 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 2
- FORREST GOODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD SCOTT GRAHAMCorporal · March 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSCOMPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1967
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO OLLIVIERPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 1969
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.