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WILLIAM EMORY HEILMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Emory Heilman, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 16
- DAVID ALLEN HAEFNERCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LESLIE EARL HARRIS JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1968
- DUANE A HELMICKCaptain · May 5, 1968
- HAROLD THOMAS HENESYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.