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HENRY C ETTEL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1950 – June 7, 1969
Service recordHenry C Ettel JR, of Clarksville, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 99
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 99
- ROBERT RAY CATHERMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DELANEYSergeant · June 7, 1969
- ANTHONY DUTYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- LARRY JAMES EGLINSDOERFERLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
From Clarksville
- WILLIE ELSWORTH H HONAKERSpecialist Four · September 5, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY ROMMELPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- HERBERT LOGSDON JRCorporal · June 28, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELCorporal · July 27, 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.