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HOWARD JOHN HARTMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – August 29, 1968
Service recordHoward John Hartman, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 60
- LOUIS ANTHONY HERRERACorporal · August 29, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- BENTON ARTHUR JETERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- LILE LAMAR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALICEAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 55
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 56
- ALLEN SEVARN DUNBARPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 57
- ROBERT CONROY PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 57
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ROBERT JAMES MCDONOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- LOUIS CHARLES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ROBERT BRUCE RANDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 62
- GERALD WAYNE SPRINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MEEKLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- EARL CONRAD RIDER JRSergeant · March 18, 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.