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ROBERT ALLEN HARTWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1945 – November 18, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen Hartwell, of Smithtown, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Smithtown, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 15
- LESLIE JOHN HAUERColonel · July 31, 1967
- JOHN WATTS DRINKHOUSEPetty Officer Third Class · November 18, 1967
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DYER JRPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- RAYMOND GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID T BROOKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 13
- LAWRENCE DEAN BROWNOTTERCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 13
- JAMES ALBERT DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 14
- WILLIAM BERNARD MCGARVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 17
- WILLIE REEDSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 18
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 19
- HARMON S STONE JRCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 20
From Smithtown
- ANDREW MIX GIORDANOLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD ARTHUR CHRISTENSergeant · December 24, 1969
- GREGORY PAUL WAKULICHPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
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.