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ROBERT LANCE HETTINGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1948 – February 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Lance Hettinger, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 94
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 94
- JERRY DEAN JONESSergeant · February 9, 1969
- ROBERT STANLEY KNADLERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- GREGORY MICHAEL LEINENSergeant · February 9, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN MEYERSLieutenant Commander · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE WAYNE ATORSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 91
- STEVEN ROBERT BAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 91
- MICHAEL THOMAS DECKERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 92
- BOBBY GENE GAMBLECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 93
- JOHN LEE HAWKINS JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 93
- GREGORY MICHAEL LEINENSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 94
- LEONARD ALAN MORSECorporal · Panel 32W, Line 1
- MICHAEL JACK WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 3
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.