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WAYNE DOUGLAS HEINTZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1946 – June 10, 1968
Service recordWayne Douglas Heintz, of Elk Grove, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Elk Grove, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 19
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- KENNETH DANIEL HINKLESergeant · June 10, 1968
- ALEX LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 18
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.