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BILLY WAYNE HARTWICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1950 – January 8, 1971
Service recordBilly Wayne Hartwick, of Atkins, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Atkins, Arkansas (Pope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 33
- KEITH ROYAL WILSON CURRYCommander · January 8, 1971
- ROBERT DEGENMajor · January 8, 1971
- ROBERT DARREL DUFFCorporal · January 8, 1971
- PATRICK JAMES KIHLStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
From Atkins
- DANNY RAY BAKERSergeant · June 17, 1969
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.