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HAROLD JAMES HARTWELL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 4, 1950 – March 25, 1970
Service recordHarold James Hartwell, of Lake Arthur, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 25, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- September 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Lake Arthur, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 42
- TOBY RICHARD GRITZFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEO HAYESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- KENNETH HARRY HEITMANNSergeant · March 25, 1970
- JOSEPH BERNARD HORSMANStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1970
From Lake Arthur
- DONALD CHARLES GILLETTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- GARLAND DAVE BENOITCorporal · March 18, 1970
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.