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HERMAN EUGENE HANTZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1940 – June 3, 1968
Service recordHerman Eugene Hantz, of Angola, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 24
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Angola, Indiana (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 61W, Line 24
- CARL KELLY ALLCorporal · June 3, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- MILTON DARRELL GRUBERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- CHAUNCEY IKE HALLStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 23
- JOHN SALAZARSergeant First Class · Panel 60W, Line 5
From Angola
- RICHARD L MILLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 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.