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DAVID WILLIAM HARTLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1944 – May 5, 1966
Service recordDavid William Hartley, of Garfield Heights, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 30
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Garfield Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 30
- THOMAS DELL EASTMANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL KOVARSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCMAHANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- MACHUGHLEN MEECESpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DELL EASTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 30
From Garfield Heights
- VAN CHAFFEEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD FRANCECorporal · September 6, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL SUNDAYSpecialist Five · September 29, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BRUCKNERSergeant · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · May 5, 1968
- JOHN JAMES MATUSKASpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
- DANA LAWRENCE ZALESKIPrivate First Class · February 5, 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.