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GERALD LESTER HARTZEL
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1935 – April 20, 1970
Service recordGerald Lester Hartzel, of Graterford, Pennsylvania, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 20, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 27
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Graterford, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 27
- GERALD THOMAS BUTLERStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- DAVID JOHN FALKStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1970
- GERALD DAN GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1970
- MARLIN JAMES JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 20, 1970
From Graterford
- LESLIE JAMES STEWARTPrivate · May 1, 1969
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.