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RAYMOND HARRY HETRICK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 11, 1936 – February 24, 1966
Service recordRaymond Harry Hetrick, of Brookville, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 24, 1966, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 72
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 ACO SQ
- Born
- September 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Brookville, Pennsylvania (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 ACO SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 72
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FLOYD STEVE HARMONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MARSHALLPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.