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HAROLD HERMAN HIRTLE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 21, 1930 – October 3, 1966
Service recordHarold Herman Hirtle, of Melrose, Massachusetts, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 43
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
- December 21, 1930
- Home of record
- Melrose, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 43
- GEORGE W ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- FRANCIS HENRY BISSAILLONCaptain · October 4, 1966
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
From Melrose
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · June 18, 1968
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · May 13, 1969
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
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.