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WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1944 – January 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Taylor Hartman, of El Cajon, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1944
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 86
- PETER FLETCHERCorporal · January 20, 1968
- ANDY GARNICASergeant · January 20, 1968
- STEPHEN ANTHONY GUARDINOPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- ELIOT FRANKLIN GUILDPetty Officer Second Class · January 20, 1968
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVANPetty Officer Third Class · February 25, 1969
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.