GLANVILLE, JOHN ★ 18 MAR 34 - JUN 66 MEEKER, EDWARD ★ 1 MAR 48 - JUN 68 GLAWSON, GEORGE ★ 18 JAN 50 - 1 JUN 71 HANSON, ROBERT ★ 6 AUG 48 - 1 JUN 68 RAMSEY, STEVEN ★ 29 OCT 43 - 1 JUN 68 STALEVICZ, GREGORY ★ 25 MAR 49 - 1 JUN 68 WASHINGTON, ALBERT ★ 8 MAR 46 - 1 JUN 69 WOLFE, JOHN ★ 11 DEC 47 - 1 JUN 68 BROWN, GERALD ★ 2 JUL 47 - 2 JUN 68 CREWS, JOHN ★ 26 MAR 42 - 2 JUN 68 LUTZ, WERNER ★ 16 AUG 38 - 2 JUN 65 RENZ, RAYMOND ★ 22 NOV 46 - 2 JUN 67 BONINE, THOMAS ★ 13 FEB 48 - 3 JUN 69 KIERNAN, JOSEPH ★ 19 MAY 27 - 3 JUN 67 SCHULTZ, CHARLES ★ 30 SEP 44 - 3 JUN 67 SZAWALUK, NICKOLAS ★ 5 SEP 47 - 3 JUN 68 TURNER, PRESTON ★ 15 FEB 48 - 3 JUN 67 WILLIAMS, ALLEN ★ 2 NOV 43 - 3 JUN 68 DORN, PHILIP ★ 23 APR 45 - 4 JUN 66 TEBAULT, BENJAMIN ★ 4 DEC 42 - 4 JUN 72 TORRES, ARCADIO ★ 27 MAY 28 - 4 JUN 70 BACON, PAUL ★ 24 JAN 50 - 5 JUN 72 KLEIN, JOSEPH ★ 18 FEB 49 - 5 JUN 68 WIGGINS, ALFRED ★ 5 MAY 51 - 5 JUN 70 BENN, WILLIAM ★ 4 JUN 47 - 6 JUN 69 BOYD, SAMUEL ★ 28 JUL 44 - 6 JUN 68 BRANCH, WILLIAM ★ 11 JUL 41 - 6 JUN 70 CALLAHAN, MICHAEL ★ 11 APR 48 - 6 JUN 69 CYRAN, RICHARD ★ 17 FEB 49 - 6 JUN 69 GUNSTER, DAVID ★ 5 AUG 26 - 6 JUN 68 SCHAUBLE, KENNETH ★ 23 OCT 47 - 6 JUN 68 SHEPPARD, LONNIE ★ 29 SEP 48 - 6 JUN 68 SIMMONS, WILLIAM ★ 6 JAN 46 - 6 JUN 68 VALLECILLO, EDGAR ★ 20 MAR 48 - 6 JUN 67 ARRIBI, DONALD ★ 11 JUN 48 - 7 JUN 69 BASHAW, DAVID ★ 11 MAR 48 - 7 JUN 66 BOWEN, LARRY ★ 30 JAN 51 - 7 JUN 69 CORCORAN, RICHARD ★ 21 AUG 38 - 7 JUN 68 ESPY, JOHNNIE ★ 14 MAR 47 - 7 JUN 68 IASELLO, DENNIS ★ 23 JUL 48 - 7 JUN 69 KALIVAS, JOHN ★ 7 JAN 48 - 7 JUN 69 SHELLEY, GREGORY ★ 15 OCT 47 - 7 JUN 68 BARKER, JEFFREY ★ 1 OCT 46 - 8 JUN 67 MOURITZEN, DONALD ★ 26 JUN 46 - 8 JUN 67 YOHN, THOMAS ★ 29 JAN 47 - 8 JUN 66 OLESON, JOSEPH ★ 17 APR 43 - 9 JUN 68 PIZZI, CHARLES ★ 10 JUL 42 - 9 JUN 65 BUCZYNSKI, GREGORY ★ 21 DEC 45 - 10 JUN 66 COPPEDGE, LAWRENCE ★ 10 DEC 48 - 10 JUN 69 PONTO, AUGUSTUS ★ 29 SEP 45 - 10 JUN 67 FOLEY, JOHN ★ 11 JUN 47 - 11 JUN 67 FRAMBES, JOHN ★ 24 APR 47 - 11 JUN 67 MILLS, KARL ★ 8 OCT 45 - 11 JUN 69 REYNOLDS, ROBERT ★ 7 JAN 48 - 11 JUN 67 SEKVA, ROBERT ★ 1 JAN 48 - 11 JUN 69 ZAMORSKI, GLENN ★ 5 OCT 42 - 11 JUN 68 ZYCK, FRED ★ 1 FEB 48 - 11 JUN 69 JENKINS, CLIFFORD ★ 12 SEP 45 - 12 JUN 68 LEWIS, BENJAMIN ★ 17 NOV 42 - 12 JUN 69 RAAB, JAMES ★ 12 JAN 43 - 12 JUN 68 ANDUJAR, CHARLES ★ 3 JUL 34 - 13 JUN 69 CHRISTIE, DONALD ★ 20 AUG 48 - 13 JUN 69 DUTCHES, WILLIAM ★ 16 APR 45 - 14 JUN 66 ELLISON, JASPER ★ 31 MAY 49 - 14 JUN 68 TUFTS, ROBERT ★ 22 DEC 42 - 14 JUN 69 CRANE, DENNIS ★ 20 SEP 47 - 15 JUN 68 FANNING, EDWARD ★ 23 APR 48 - 15 JUN 69 MADDEN, FRANCIS ★ 25 JUL 32 - 15 JUN 69 MCCLOSKEY, ROBERT ★ 1 MAR 49 - 15 JUN 68 TAMAGNINI, JOSEPH ★ 10 JUL 46 - 15 JUN 68 THIBAULT, JEFFERY ★ 15 JUL 49 - 15 JUN 68 WICKLINE, DONALD ★ 6 JUN 46 - 15 JUN 69 GRAY, ROBERT ★ 12 MAY 48 - 16 JUN 70 LYONS, FRANK ★ 26 DEC 26 - 16 JUN 66 PACKER, JOSEPH ★ 13 JUL 45 - 16 JUN 66 RUTH, DENNIS ★ 9 DEC 46 - 17 JUN 67 SIEGWARTH, DONALD ★ 28 JUN 41 - 17 JUN 66 STEVENSON, CLEMENT ★ 11 MAR 42 - 17 JUN 66 WATSON, MARVIN ★ 17 MAY 49 - 17 JUN 69 BALL, ROBERT ★ 29 NOV 49 - 18 JUN 68 MATHEWS, JAMES ★ 2 NOV 45 - 18 JUN 68 RHODES, WILLIE ★ 20 SEP 47 - 19 JUN 67 SLOMIANY, KAZIMIERZ ★ 25 FEB 45 - 19 JUN 67 MCDONOUGH, JOHN ★ 10 MAY 39 - 20 JUN 66 SCHWEYHER, JOHN ★ 9 DEC 47 - 20 JUN 67 BARTON, JAMES ★ 8 AUG 50 - 21 JUN 69 DOUGHERTY, ROBERT ★ 7 AUG 47 - 21 JUN 67 BEZEGA, MICHAEL ★ 9 JUL 48 - 22 JUN 70 ENGLE, RUSSEL ★ 4 OCT 46 - 22 JUN 67 HOOPER, VINS ★ 6 JUL 46 - 22 JUN 67 LYONS, GEORGE ★ 29 DEC 50 - 22 JUN 69 MURPHY, TIMOTHY ★ 23 JUL 47 - 22 JUN 67 PARMERTER, MICHAEL ★ 30 JUL 44 - 22 JUN 69 POOR, GEORGE ★ 26 OCT 47 - 22 JUN 67 STEIDLER, JOHNSON ★ 21 OCT 47 - 22 JUN 67 CHAPMAN, SHERMAN ★ 9 AUG 29 - 23 JUN 66 GILCHRIST, RICKY ★ 2 JAN 50 - 23 JUN 71 MCWILLIAMS, GEORGE ★ 25 NOV 44 - 23 JUN 66 DE SIMONE, ALFRED ★ 27 JUL 49 - 24 JUN 69 SANTIAGO, LUIS ★ 8 FEB 48 - 24 JUN 66 IHNAT, MICHAEL ★ 29 APR 43 - 25 JUN 65 MONGILARDI, PETER ★ 1 JUL 25 - 25 JUN 65 CORREA, ANGEL ★ 12 MAR 47 - 26 JUN 67 DE LUCA, RAYMOND ★ 12 FEB 48 - 27 JUN 68 DICESARE, ANTHONY ★ 30 NOV 44 - 27 JUN 67 KEEN, ARTHUR ★ 1 AUG 46 - 27 JUN 66 PAQUIN, PAUL ★ 3 MAY 49 - 27 JUN 70 ROBERTSON, DAVID ★ 19 DEC 45 - 27 JUN 68 LENZSCH, ROLF ★ 25 DEC 35 - 28 JUN 67 RISOLDI, VINCENT ★ 5 JAN 47 - 28 JUN 65 FELDER, JESSE ★ 17 MAR 43 - 29 JUN 66 WILKINS, BOBBY ★ 11 JUN 45 - 29 JUN 69 MORGAN, JOHN ★ 8 OCT 29 - 30 JUN 66 GLANVILLE, JOHN ★ 18 MAR 34 - JUN 66 MEEKER, EDWARD ★ 1 MAR 48 - JUN 68 GLAWSON, GEORGE ★ 18 JAN 50 - 1 JUN 71 HANSON, ROBERT ★ 6 AUG 48 - 1 JUN 68 RAMSEY, STEVEN ★ 29 OCT 43 - 1 JUN 68 STALEVICZ, GREGORY ★ 25 MAR 49 - 1 JUN 68 WASHINGTON, ALBERT ★ 8 MAR 46 - 1 JUN 69 WOLFE, JOHN ★ 11 DEC 47 - 1 JUN 68 BROWN, GERALD ★ 2 JUL 47 - 2 JUN 68 CREWS, JOHN ★ 26 MAR 42 - 2 JUN 68 LUTZ, WERNER ★ 16 AUG 38 - 2 JUN 65 RENZ, RAYMOND ★ 22 NOV 46 - 2 JUN 67 BONINE, THOMAS ★ 13 FEB 48 - 3 JUN 69 KIERNAN, JOSEPH ★ 19 MAY 27 - 3 JUN 67 SCHULTZ, CHARLES ★ 30 SEP 44 - 3 JUN 67 SZAWALUK, NICKOLAS ★ 5 SEP 47 - 3 JUN 68 TURNER, PRESTON ★ 15 FEB 48 - 3 JUN 67 WILLIAMS, ALLEN ★ 2 NOV 43 - 3 JUN 68 DORN, PHILIP ★ 23 APR 45 - 4 JUN 66 TEBAULT, BENJAMIN ★ 4 DEC 42 - 4 JUN 72 TORRES, ARCADIO ★ 27 MAY 28 - 4 JUN 70 BACON, PAUL ★ 24 JAN 50 - 5 JUN 72 KLEIN, JOSEPH ★ 18 FEB 49 - 5 JUN 68 WIGGINS, ALFRED ★ 5 MAY 51 - 5 JUN 70 BENN, WILLIAM ★ 4 JUN 47 - 6 JUN 69 BOYD, SAMUEL ★ 28 JUL 44 - 6 JUN 68 BRANCH, WILLIAM ★ 11 JUL 41 - 6 JUN 70 CALLAHAN, MICHAEL ★ 11 APR 48 - 6 JUN 69 CYRAN, RICHARD ★ 17 FEB 49 - 6 JUN 69 GUNSTER, DAVID ★ 5 AUG 26 - 6 JUN 68 SCHAUBLE, KENNETH ★ 23 OCT 47 - 6 JUN 68 SHEPPARD, LONNIE ★ 29 SEP 48 - 6 JUN 68 SIMMONS, WILLIAM ★ 6 JAN 46 - 6 JUN 68 VALLECILLO, EDGAR ★ 20 MAR 48 - 6 JUN 67 ARRIBI, DONALD ★ 11 JUN 48 - 7 JUN 69 BASHAW, DAVID ★ 11 MAR 48 - 7 JUN 66 BOWEN, LARRY ★ 30 JAN 51 - 7 JUN 69 CORCORAN, RICHARD ★ 21 AUG 38 - 7 JUN 68 ESPY, JOHNNIE ★ 14 MAR 47 - 7 JUN 68 IASELLO, DENNIS ★ 23 JUL 48 - 7 JUN 69 KALIVAS, JOHN ★ 7 JAN 48 - 7 JUN 69 SHELLEY, GREGORY ★ 15 OCT 47 - 7 JUN 68 BARKER, JEFFREY ★ 1 OCT 46 - 8 JUN 67 MOURITZEN, DONALD ★ 26 JUN 46 - 8 JUN 67 YOHN, THOMAS ★ 29 JAN 47 - 8 JUN 66 OLESON, JOSEPH ★ 17 APR 43 - 9 JUN 68 PIZZI, CHARLES ★ 10 JUL 42 - 9 JUN 65 BUCZYNSKI, GREGORY ★ 21 DEC 45 - 10 JUN 66 COPPEDGE, LAWRENCE ★ 10 DEC 48 - 10 JUN 69 PONTO, AUGUSTUS ★ 29 SEP 45 - 10 JUN 67 FOLEY, JOHN ★ 11 JUN 47 - 11 JUN 67 FRAMBES, JOHN ★ 24 APR 47 - 11 JUN 67 MILLS, KARL ★ 8 OCT 45 - 11 JUN 69 REYNOLDS, ROBERT ★ 7 JAN 48 - 11 JUN 67 SEKVA, ROBERT ★ 1 JAN 48 - 11 JUN 69 ZAMORSKI, GLENN ★ 5 OCT 42 - 11 JUN 68 ZYCK, FRED ★ 1 FEB 48 - 11 JUN 69 JENKINS, CLIFFORD ★ 12 SEP 45 - 12 JUN 68 LEWIS, BENJAMIN ★ 17 NOV 42 - 12 JUN 69 RAAB, JAMES ★ 12 JAN 43 - 12 JUN 68 ANDUJAR, CHARLES ★ 3 JUL 34 - 13 JUN 69 CHRISTIE, DONALD ★ 20 AUG 48 - 13 JUN 69 DUTCHES, WILLIAM ★ 16 APR 45 - 14 JUN 66 ELLISON, JASPER ★ 31 MAY 49 - 14 JUN 68 TUFTS, ROBERT ★ 22 DEC 42 - 14 JUN 69 CRANE, DENNIS ★ 20 SEP 47 - 15 JUN 68 FANNING, EDWARD ★ 23 APR 48 - 15 JUN 69 MADDEN, FRANCIS ★ 25 JUL 32 - 15 JUN 69 MCCLOSKEY, ROBERT ★ 1 MAR 49 - 15 JUN 68 TAMAGNINI, JOSEPH ★ 10 JUL 46 - 15 JUN 68 THIBAULT, JEFFERY ★ 15 JUL 49 - 15 JUN 68 WICKLINE, DONALD ★ 6 JUN 46 - 15 JUN 69 GRAY, ROBERT ★ 12 MAY 48 - 16 JUN 70 LYONS, FRANK ★ 26 DEC 26 - 16 JUN 66 PACKER, JOSEPH ★ 13 JUL 45 - 16 JUN 66 RUTH, DENNIS ★ 9 DEC 46 - 17 JUN 67 SIEGWARTH, DONALD ★ 28 JUN 41 - 17 JUN 66 STEVENSON, CLEMENT ★ 11 MAR 42 - 17 JUN 66 WATSON, MARVIN ★ 17 MAY 49 - 17 JUN 69 BALL, ROBERT ★ 29 NOV 49 - 18 JUN 68 MATHEWS, JAMES ★ 2 NOV 45 - 18 JUN 68 RHODES, WILLIE ★ 20 SEP 47 - 19 JUN 67 SLOMIANY, KAZIMIERZ ★ 25 FEB 45 - 19 JUN 67 MCDONOUGH, JOHN ★ 10 MAY 39 - 20 JUN 66 SCHWEYHER, JOHN ★ 9 DEC 47 - 20 JUN 67 BARTON, JAMES ★ 8 AUG 50 - 21 JUN 69 DOUGHERTY, ROBERT ★ 7 AUG 47 - 21 JUN 67 BEZEGA, MICHAEL ★ 9 JUL 48 - 22 JUN 70 ENGLE, RUSSEL ★ 4 OCT 46 - 22 JUN 67 HOOPER, VINS ★ 6 JUL 46 - 22 JUN 67 LYONS, GEORGE ★ 29 DEC 50 - 22 JUN 69 MURPHY, TIMOTHY ★ 23 JUL 47 - 22 JUN 67 PARMERTER, MICHAEL ★ 30 JUL 44 - 22 JUN 69 POOR, GEORGE ★ 26 OCT 47 - 22 JUN 67 STEIDLER, JOHNSON ★ 21 OCT 47 - 22 JUN 67 CHAPMAN, SHERMAN ★ 9 AUG 29 - 23 JUN 66 GILCHRIST, RICKY ★ 2 JAN 50 - 23 JUN 71 MCWILLIAMS, GEORGE ★ 25 NOV 44 - 23 JUN 66 DE SIMONE, ALFRED ★ 27 JUL 49 - 24 JUN 69 SANTIAGO, LUIS ★ 8 FEB 48 - 24 JUN 66 IHNAT, MICHAEL ★ 29 APR 43 - 25 JUN 65 MONGILARDI, PETER ★ 1 JUL 25 - 25 JUN 65 CORREA, ANGEL ★ 12 MAR 47 - 26 JUN 67 DE LUCA, RAYMOND ★ 12 FEB 48 - 27 JUN 68 DICESARE, ANTHONY ★ 30 NOV 44 - 27 JUN 67 KEEN, ARTHUR ★ 1 AUG 46 - 27 JUN 66 PAQUIN, PAUL ★ 3 MAY 49 - 27 JUN 70 ROBERTSON, DAVID ★ 19 DEC 45 - 27 JUN 68 LENZSCH, ROLF ★ 25 DEC 35 - 28 JUN 67 RISOLDI, VINCENT ★ 5 JAN 47 - 28 JUN 65 FELDER, JESSE ★ 17 MAR 43 - 29 JUN 66 WILKINS, BOBBY ★ 11 JUN 45 - 29 JUN 69 MORGAN, JOHN ★ 8 OCT 29 - 30 JUN 66

Kelly Heinze - Staff Sergeant

Hometown:
Newark
D.O.B.:
March 17, 1928
County:
Essex
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Branch:
Marines
Date of Casualty:

August 24, 1965

Casualty Status:
Killed In Action
Country of Incident:
South Vietnam

Kelly Karl Heinze was born on March 17, 1928, to Alice and Karl Heinze. Kelly participated in intramural softball and basketball.

Heinze entered the US Marine Corps from his hometown of Newark, NJ, in January 1946. He attained the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSGT). His tour of duty in Vietnam began on February 4, 1964. He served with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and 3rd Marine Division. He was the Senior Mess NCO for the entire battalion.

Heinze was killed in action on August 24, 1965 in South Vietnam. He was survived by his wife, Margaret Makawski Heinze, his son, Michael, and two daughters, Carolyn and Donna.

Heinze was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, the China Service Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Medal and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation.

The following is an excerpt from a letter to Heinze’s son, Michael, from Ron Harris, a Marine who served with his father in Vietnam:

Your Pop was the Senior Mess NCO for the entire Battalion. In other words, he was in charge of feeding the entire unit whether we were in base camp or out in the boonies hunting for the Vietcong. On many occasions, I saw your father in the “helo” doors when they were bringing hot meals to us in the cleared jungle areas. He would put himself at great personal risk to insure all the guys were being fed properly when we were not in base camp. He was not required to come out in the “choppers” with food but on many occasions he did anyway. Never let anyone tell you that food service non-commissioned officers, as your father was, were not in danger in Vietnam. I can assure you he was in harm’s way as much as any other Marine in our unit. His job was so important as it really had to do with keeping the morale of the Marines high by furnishing first grade meals under extreme circumstances. I can assure you he did a first class job. Food was one of our many pleasures in Vietnam and SSGT Heinze did himself proud in that area.

Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps in the 60’s was a rank that was not easy to obtain. Being it was the first of the Staff grades in the enlisted ranks, you had to be a first class Marine or you never made that grade before they booted you out the door. Being your father was the Battalion Mess Sergeant, he had to be first class to be placed in that position looking after the nourishment of approximately 900 guys in the Battalion.

Unfortunately, we lost your father in the most tragic way. He had earned his time for R&R (rest and recovery) and the aircraft he was on crashed, killing him and other Marines. I’ll never forget the day we got the news. We lost guys in combat all the time, but losing Marines in the way we lost your father, really lets the air out of you in the most devastating way.

In closing, I was proud to have served with your Dad. He was all Marine and you would have and should be very proud of him and his service to the United States and the way he represented himself and the United States Marine Corps. I can’t feel your loss over the years of not having your father, but I feel the loss of my Brother Marine and always will. He will be in my mind and thoughts until my days come to an end.

Sources: Michael Heinze (son) and NJVVMF.
12/17/2024

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