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THOMAS HOWARD HEISE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1950 – May 10, 1969
Service recordThomas Howard Heise, of Melrose Park, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Melrose Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 39
- PETER GIBSONCorporal · May 10, 1969
- DEMETRIUS JEROME GRAYSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN HANSENLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HYNESPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RUSSELL LOWELL PLATTCaptain · May 10, 1969
From Melrose Park
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAGGIO JRPrivate · May 25, 1967
- JON PETER TURKCorporal · October 27, 1967
- DWIGHT FARWELL BENNETT JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- FRANK R GILCHRIST JRPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- OLAF THOMAS OLSENCorporal · March 11, 1970
- CHARLES NORBERT KOWALKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.