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GEORGE B HERTLEIN III
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 13, 1938 – April 24, 1968
Service recordGeorge B Hertlein III, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 24, 1968, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 46
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 46
- LARRY EDWARD ANDERSONLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- DONALD MAURICE GUTRICKCorporal · April 24, 1968
- FERNANDO JAMES HUGHESCorporal · April 24, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
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.