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LONNIE DEAN HARTSOCK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1945 – August 24, 1965
Service recordLonnie Dean Hartsock, of Burlington, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 88
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
- Photographer (4631)
- Born
- January 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Burlington, Iowa (Des Moines County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 88
- BERNARD CONKLINLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES ALAN MAXAMPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- DON RUE SAINSpecialist Four · July 29, 1966
From Burlington
- RICKY GENE HALLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- RANDALL LAWRENCE BROCKWAYSergeant · February 23, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- ARMAND ERVIN RISTINENStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1970
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.