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HENRY WILBURN HARTMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 14, 1929 – January 31, 1968
Service recordHenry Wilburn Hartman, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1929
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 13
- JESSIE EARL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HAUCKLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HEBRONSergeant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALAN BANGLOSPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 85
- JAMES FRANK PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 31
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
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.