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PATRICK ALAN HARTWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1948 – June 5, 1970
Service recordPatrick Alan Hartwell, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 13
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
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 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 9W, Line 13
- DANNY LEE DEWEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT MARTIN GOSELINSergeant · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ARTHUR MCCAULEYPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 14
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
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.