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THEODORE E HEINSELMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordTheodore E Heinselman, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 48
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 48
- GUY FREDERICK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- FRANCIS J R KINGCorporal · March 26, 1969
- DONALD GEORGE LEPARDColonel · March 26, 1969
- J B L LEVESQUEColonel · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY BENZESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 42
- DONALD STEVEN FORESTCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 45
- EDDIE LEE HATLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 47
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 47
- CARLTON LEE MONROESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 51
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 51
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.