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HAROLD JAMES HELLBACH
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1942 – May 19, 1967
Service recordHarold James Hellbach, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmf/Vmf(Aw)f-8d/E (7532)
- Born
- September 21, 1942
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 44
- VERNON LEE HENKEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD PETER HILGARTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- PHILLIP MASON HINESPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW HOLLINGSWORTHHospitalman · May 19, 1967
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.