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JOHN WILLIAM HARTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – November 30, 1967
Service recordJohn William Hartman, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 12
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 12
- WILLIAM E GROVESSergeant · November 30, 1967
- GARY LEE GROWLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- STERLING M JONES JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 18
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.