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CARL POST HETRICK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1942 – July 5, 1968
Service recordCarl Post Hetrick, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 20
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 20
- GARY WAYNE HOPKINSCorporal · July 5, 1968
- ROOSEVELT HURST JRSergeant · July 5, 1968
- ERIC JOHN JEDNATSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
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.