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DUANE LELAND HARTENHOFF
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 12, 1927 – May 18, 1969
Service recordDuane Leland Hartenhoff, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 42
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 12, 1927
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 42
- NEIL WILLIAM HAYDENFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
- HAROLD C HEDDEN JRSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- CARROLL FRANKLIN HERSEYMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- LEONARD MARTIN HICKSONSergeant · May 18, 1969
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.