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TERRY RICHARD HEISER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – May 12, 1969
Service recordTerry Richard Heiser, of Greenville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Ohio (Darke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 71
- LAWRENCE DANIEL HARVEYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE HAYNESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- GERALD EDWARD HENRYLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- ALVIN CRAWFORD HINSONStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
From Greenville
- GENE MILTON LUTZLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ROBERT L FOWBLE JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1966
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
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.