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RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1946 – July 31, 1966
Service recordRichard Miguel Hartnell, of Whittier, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 90
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- LARRY THOMAS NELSONPrivate · July 30, 1966
- CLARENCE LEE SEXTONMaster Sergeant · July 30, 1966
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 91
- GREGORIO M GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 91
- ALVIN HOPKINS JRSergeant First Class · Panel 9E, Line 91
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 92
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- WALLACE LUTTRELL WIGGINSMajor · February 3, 1968
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.