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JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 12, 1941 – January 5, 1966
Service recordJoseph Edward Hetzer JR, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Uh-60 Helicopter Repairer (67T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 55
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LIONEL JOHN BRYAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 53
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 54
- ALTON LOUIS GAJANChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 4E, Line 54
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 54
From Irwin
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 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.