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HARRY THOMAS WHETZEL
Captain · U.S. Army
October 29, 1933 – October 7, 1966
Service recordHarry Thomas Whetzel, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 129 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 59
- ALVERN WARREN SCHLOTTMANLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TREECELieutenant Colonel · October 7, 1966
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.