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JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – May 4, 1967
Service recordJohn Stanborough Cartwright, of Pine Hill, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Pine Hill, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 35
- ROBERT BRUCE BEESONSergeant · May 4, 1967
- CLARENCE BLANKSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSENPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT CASSINSergeant · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 36
- PAUL JONES DENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 36
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 38
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 38
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 38
- RICHARD K WHITFIELDStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 41
From Pine Hill
- HENRY JOSEPH BOYE JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KENNEDYStaff Sergeant · December 22, 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.