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THOMAS EDWARD HEIDEMAN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 8, 1933 – October 24, 1970
Service recordThomas Edward Heideman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1970, in Laos, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 19
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 21 SOS SQ
- Born
- June 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 19
- RUSSELL WESLEY MULDERSergeant · October 24, 1970
- CARTER PARKER JRStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1970
- MICHAEL HARRELD PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1970
- CRAIG BRIAN SCHIELECaptain · October 24, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.