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TOMMY CALVIN HEATON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 4, 1946 – April 17, 1969
Service recordTommy Calvin Heaton, of Toccoa, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 100
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Toccoa, Georgia (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 100
- DANA BRUCE JENSENPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1969
- JAMES CARL JOHNSONLance Corporal · April 17, 1969
- JOHN MORRIS JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 100
- ALBERT ALLEN LADDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 101
- LESLIE ALLEN POWELLCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 102
From Toccoa
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · January 20, 1970
- JACKY LEE DRURYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
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.