PFC Michael Frederick Heath

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PFC Michael Frederick Heath Veteran

Birth
Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Death
31 May 1969 (aged 21)
Kon Tum, Kon Tum, Vietnam
Burial
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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COUSIN

****** UNITED STATES ARMY ******

Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground~

Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest~

For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum~

Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God~

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UNIT: 3RD PLT, B CO, 1ST BN,
......12TH INFANTRY,
......4TH INF DIV, USARV

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PARENTS - Frederick and Constance Heath ~

SIBLINGS - Sharon, Linda, Marlene, Laurie, William, & John ~

Michael had gone to Vietnam 1-10-69, He died on 5-31-69 ~ Ground casualty, multiple fragmentation wounds.... U.S.ARMY ....
They will never know the hurt and pain inflicted on the family ~ He was a very sweet and loving person ~
His name is located on the Vietnam wall - PANEL 23W LINE 027 -
~God rest his soul~ ^i^

*Additional information regarding the battle conditions experienced by Michael Heath, Patrick Hagerty, Prentiss Harris, and others of their team can be read in the nonfiction book "Time Heals No Wounds" by Jack Leninger, published in 1993 by Ivy Books/Ballantine Books. We all owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Pfc Heath and the other members of our military who gave so much.(This info was given by Richard, a friend)

6 OTHER MEN LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY IN KONTUM, VIETNAM
~SP5 Byron Thomas Calkin-Denver,Colorado-P/23W, Row 25~
~PVT Patrick Michael Hagerty-Youngstown,Ohio-P/23W, Row 27~
~SGT Prentiss Harris Jr.-Champaign,Illinois-P/23W, Row 27~
~SP4 Joaquin Rodriguez Tello-San Antonio,Tx.-P/23W, Row 26~
~SGT Phillip Grant Weir-Dubois,Pa.-P/23W, Row 33~
~SGT Ralph Henry Zertingue-Raceland,La.-P23W, Row 32~

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PARENTS:
Frederick O. ~ 2-11-1923 / 1-28-1979
Constance E. ~ 3-27-1923 / still with us

GRANDPARENTS:
Frederick O. ~ b.1884
Daisy L. ~ 9-9-1886 / 3-3-1950
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Burton S. ~ 5-23-1892 / 9-1973
Ruth P. ~ b.1902 / 9-22-1962

AUNTS/UNCLES
Laura {Childs} ~ 6-12-1910 / 06-01-2009
Carl Lowell ~ 7-01-1913 / 10-05-1981
Grace Josephine {Beaudry} ~ 2-13-1915 / 11-30-1997
Dorothy M. ~ 7-05-1917 / 11-23-1922
Barbara Irene {Hunter} ~ 2-1-1924 / 11-16-1984
James Augustus ~ 2-19-1926 / 1-7-2010
LeRoy Melvin ~ 12-25-1930 / 3-15-1999
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Mary Laura Jones ~ 1918–1940
Laura Eleanor Jones {Webster} ~ 1920–1982
Burton Smith Jones Jr ~ 1922–2000
Irene Elsie Jones {Harrison} ~ 1924–2007
Priscilla Evelyn Jones {Lavallee} ~ 1927–1998
Patricia Ethel Jones {Nash} ~ 1927–1999

**THANK YOU SO MUCH LIL FOR SPONSORING MICHAEL**

**THANK YOU "ISABELLA OLIVIA" AND HER HUSBAND FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GET THE PICTURE OF MICHAEL'S GRAVE FOR US.**
COUSIN

****** UNITED STATES ARMY ******

Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground~

Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest~

For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum~

Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God~

====

UNIT: 3RD PLT, B CO, 1ST BN,
......12TH INFANTRY,
......4TH INF DIV, USARV

====

PARENTS - Frederick and Constance Heath ~

SIBLINGS - Sharon, Linda, Marlene, Laurie, William, & John ~

Michael had gone to Vietnam 1-10-69, He died on 5-31-69 ~ Ground casualty, multiple fragmentation wounds.... U.S.ARMY ....
They will never know the hurt and pain inflicted on the family ~ He was a very sweet and loving person ~
His name is located on the Vietnam wall - PANEL 23W LINE 027 -
~God rest his soul~ ^i^

*Additional information regarding the battle conditions experienced by Michael Heath, Patrick Hagerty, Prentiss Harris, and others of their team can be read in the nonfiction book "Time Heals No Wounds" by Jack Leninger, published in 1993 by Ivy Books/Ballantine Books. We all owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Pfc Heath and the other members of our military who gave so much.(This info was given by Richard, a friend)

6 OTHER MEN LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY IN KONTUM, VIETNAM
~SP5 Byron Thomas Calkin-Denver,Colorado-P/23W, Row 25~
~PVT Patrick Michael Hagerty-Youngstown,Ohio-P/23W, Row 27~
~SGT Prentiss Harris Jr.-Champaign,Illinois-P/23W, Row 27~
~SP4 Joaquin Rodriguez Tello-San Antonio,Tx.-P/23W, Row 26~
~SGT Phillip Grant Weir-Dubois,Pa.-P/23W, Row 33~
~SGT Ralph Henry Zertingue-Raceland,La.-P23W, Row 32~

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PARENTS:
Frederick O. ~ 2-11-1923 / 1-28-1979
Constance E. ~ 3-27-1923 / still with us

GRANDPARENTS:
Frederick O. ~ b.1884
Daisy L. ~ 9-9-1886 / 3-3-1950
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Burton S. ~ 5-23-1892 / 9-1973
Ruth P. ~ b.1902 / 9-22-1962

AUNTS/UNCLES
Laura {Childs} ~ 6-12-1910 / 06-01-2009
Carl Lowell ~ 7-01-1913 / 10-05-1981
Grace Josephine {Beaudry} ~ 2-13-1915 / 11-30-1997
Dorothy M. ~ 7-05-1917 / 11-23-1922
Barbara Irene {Hunter} ~ 2-1-1924 / 11-16-1984
James Augustus ~ 2-19-1926 / 1-7-2010
LeRoy Melvin ~ 12-25-1930 / 3-15-1999
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Mary Laura Jones ~ 1918–1940
Laura Eleanor Jones {Webster} ~ 1920–1982
Burton Smith Jones Jr ~ 1922–2000
Irene Elsie Jones {Harrison} ~ 1924–2007
Priscilla Evelyn Jones {Lavallee} ~ 1927–1998
Patricia Ethel Jones {Nash} ~ 1927–1999

**THANK YOU SO MUCH LIL FOR SPONSORING MICHAEL**

**THANK YOU "ISABELLA OLIVIA" AND HER HUSBAND FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GET THE PICTURE OF MICHAEL'S GRAVE FOR US.**