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JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIM
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 25, 1945 – February 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Hartzheim, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1968, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 49
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- November 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41E, Line 49
- JOHN EDWARD DILLARDSergeant · February 27, 1968
- STANLEY EDWIN GRAVES JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAIRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
From Appleton
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 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.