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VAN ETSITTY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 17, 1941 – June 1, 1968
Service recordVan Etsitty, of Gallup, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Gallup, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 3
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- BRUCE E JOHNSTON IIICorporal · June 1, 1968
- JOSEPH CEPHUS KING JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- HAROLD JOSEPH KNITTLECorporal · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BELCHAK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 20
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 20
- FRANK WILLIS CAMPBELL JRSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 21
- JERRY ALBERT CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 21
- WILLIAM JOHNNY CARPENTERCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 21
- BILLY EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · Panel 62W, Line 22
- JERRY JEROME COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 22
- WALTER BRENNEMAN GROVE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 1
- NORMAN WINSTON HASSELLCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 1
- JAMES EARL HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 2
- TOMMY BRYAN HOSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 2
- MICHAEL PATRICK HOURIGANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 61W, Line 2
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 3
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 4
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 5
- OSCAR C PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 5
- NILE DEAN SHUMATESergeant · Panel 61W, Line 6
- MARTINIS GENE TIPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 6
- ERNEST RAY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 7
- RICHARD KENNETH TAYLORCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 7
- STEVEN DOUGLAS TOWNSLEYCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 7
- OTIS TURNERCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 8
- DANNY EDWARD WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 8
- WILLIAM F WASHINGTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 8
From Gallup
- JOSEPH DANIEL HURTASergeant · March 22, 1967
- STAN LEROY CORFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · June 5, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- PATRICK SKEETSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
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.