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ERNEST LLOYD HIRTLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1952 – March 21, 1971
Service recordErnest Lloyd Hirtler, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 63
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- January 29, 1952
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 63
- MICHAEL DAVID WOODARDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- ALAN EUNICE DAVISCorporal · March 21, 1971
- DONALD JEROME FRAZELLEFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1971
- DAVID CLYDE LANCASTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1971
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 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.