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WALTER EARL HEYER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1949 – September 14, 1969
Service recordWalter Earl Heyer JR, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 82
- JOHN ANTHONY HALLADAYPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- PETE B HAMMONDLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- HAL HARRISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- STEPHEN CARL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 81
- CHARLES WARNER BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 83
- JOSEPH ALAN HOEKERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 83
- JOSEPH VERNON MATHIASStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 84
- PAUL WILLIAM MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 84
- LEONARD LEE POTTSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 85
- DANIEL P RATLEDGE JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 85
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 86
- GARY KELVIN STANFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 87
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.