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JOHN THOMAS HARTLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1947 – August 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Hartley, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 49
- JIMMY LEO HARRISPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · August 28, 1968
- MARK LOREN HOOKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ARMANDO SANCHEZ NAVARROPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 52
- MICHAEL HAMILTON TUTENPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 54
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.