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RAYMOND CURTIS HETZLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1950 – February 27, 1970
Service recordRaymond Curtis Hetzler, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Lift Helicopter Repairer (67X)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 63
- JOHNNY JOE GALLARDOSergeant · February 27, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN LARSONCorporal · February 27, 1970
- JOE LONGSergeant First Class · February 27, 1970
- HOWARD LEWIS LUCAS JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE CARVIAL DEFOORPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 62
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
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.