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WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1942 – August 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Stephen Heider, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 50
- CLIFFORD MICHAEL GIBSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1969
- LAWRENCE JAMES HUMPHREYCorporal · August 16, 1969
- THOMAS DEWITT JONESCorporal · August 16, 1969
- WILLIAM NAPOLEON LAGRONESergeant First Class · August 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DEWITT JONESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 50
- RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 51
- SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 51
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 52
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 52
From Waukesha
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WEEDENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 1969
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.