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RICHARD DALE HERTZLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1948 – April 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Dale Hertzler, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 71
- MANUEL HERNANDEZ JRCorporal · April 28, 1969
- EDWIN EARL HOFFMANLance Corporal · April 28, 1969
- CARL RAY HOUSERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- LARRY L HOWELLSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY L HOWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 71
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
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.