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DONALD LEE HETTICH
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – November 29, 1967
Service recordDonald Lee Hettich, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 4
- PETER MYKAL HANSENFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KOVANDASpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- JOHN PETER KURZSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE SHEPHERDSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 6
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.