Saturday, March 20, 1999

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PFC Henry N. Heide II

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Last name: HEIDE
First name: HENRY NICHOLAS II
Home of Record (official): WEST PALM BEACH
State (official): FL
Date of Birth: Thursday, December 23, 1948
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single

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Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 262943039
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 05H20

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Start of Tour: Thursday, May 29, 1969
Date of Casualty: Saturday, November 29, 1969
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Air loss - Crashed on land (Helicopter, non-crew)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Phuoc Long
The Wall: Panel 15W - Row 004

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LASTNAME: HEIDE FIRSTNAME: HENRY NICHOLAS II IDNO: 262943039 SVC: A COMP: R RANK: SP4 GRADE: E4 MOS: 05H20 AGE: 20 HOME: WEST PALM BEACH ST: FL CASDATE: 19691129 CAS1: A1 CAS2: B CAS3: 6 BODY: --- CTRY: VS PROV: 14 LSVC: 01 BIRDATE: 19481223 RACE: C REL: RC MAR: S SEX: M CIT: 1 TOURD: 690529 PANL: 15W LINE: 004 REFNO: 25811 PDATE: 7001

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Update:
Name: PFC Henry Nicholas Heide
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/29/69 while performing the duty of Crew member unspecified.
Age at death: 20.9
Date of Birth: 12/23/48
Home City: West Palm Beach, FL
Service: regular component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: B/229 AVN 1 CAV
Major organization: other
Service: U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 15W-004
Short Summary: Shot down with ground fire, killed on impact. Aircraft was destroyed by TACAIR to destroy classified sniffer equipment on board.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 68-15246
SSN: 262943039
Country: South Viettiam
MOS: 05H20
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: passenger
Started Tour: 05/29/69
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew
Current status: hostile dead - died while MIA
Length of service: 01
Location: Phuoc Long Province III Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S citizen
Race: Caucasian
Relgion: Roman Catholic
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defmed by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army
Military class: enlisted personnel
This record was last updated on 07/27/96
(from Gary Roush roush@servtech.com)

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Details:
LEFT BANK UH-1H (68-15246)ARDF helicopter shot down by ground fire on 29 Nov 1969 near Landing Zone Buttons in Phuoc Long Province at YU 069 124.

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