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HAROLD JAMES SOTZEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1948 – October 24, 1967
Service recordHarold James Sotzen, of Clawson, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 62
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Clawson, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 62
- RAYNALDO POLENDOSergeant · October 24, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JOEL LUTHER SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
From Clawson
- SIDNEY MCARTHUR RASNICKPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · November 21, 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.