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KARL DIETER HEZEL
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 8, 1933 – November 17, 1967
Service recordKarl Dieter Hezel, of Cranford, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 17, 1967, in Thailand, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Cranford, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 9
- MICHAEL EDWARD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · November 17, 1967
- WALTER DEWAYNE HOGANCorporal · November 17, 1967
- THEODORE W JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- REY L DUFFINCaptain · Panel 30E, Line 8
- THEODORE W JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 9
- WILLIAM E MCDONALDMajor · Panel 30E, Line 10
- MAX E NICHOLSMajor · Panel 30E, Line 11
From Cranford
- JOSEPH PATRICK MINNOCKPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DEAN JOSEPH ELICHKOPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ANTHONY KENT JOHNSONCaptain · July 8, 1967
- MARCUS PETER ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 6, 1968
- GILBERT ARTHUR SECORMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · August 19, 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.