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DONALD F HARTZELL JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 23, 1948 – February 26, 1970
Service recordDonald F Hartzell JR, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- June 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 59
- GENE BERTAN NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · February 26, 1970
- DAVID STIRLING REIDSergeant · February 26, 1970
- JAMES PAUL RICHARDSSergeant · February 26, 1970
- TIMOTHY ROY ROESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- GERALD MARTIN STAATSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 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.