Karl Francis Hettinger, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1934
Date of Death: 04-May-1994
Profession: police officer
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Karl Francis Hettinger
- Karl Francis Hettinger (October 29, 1934 - May 4, 1994) was an American police officer of the Los Angeles Police Department.
- He was known for surviving the "Onion Field" incident, in which he and his partner, Officer Ian Campbell, were kidnapped on the night of March 9, 1963 by criminals Gregory Powell and Jimmy Lee Smith and taken to an onion field near Bakersfield, California where Officer Campbell was fatally shot.Hettinger's story is depicted in Joseph Wambaugh's 1973 nonfiction book, The Onion Field.
- The book was adapted into a 1979 feature film of the same name in which Hettinger was portrayed by John Savage.
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