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JOSEPH MICHAEL HARTL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1949 – May 22, 1970
Service recordJoseph Michael Hartl, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 79
- ANTHONY LAURENCE CLARKPrivate First Class · May 22, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS DONAHUEStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANK DUFFNERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- NORMAN ANTHONY EMINETHSergeant · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LYNN ABLERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 77
- ARTHUR PINA ADAMESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 78
- RICHARD ANDREW LARSONCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 81
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 81
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 82
- RICHARD DEAN NELSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 82
- RONALD RAY SAGERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 83
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.