Henry Wilburn Hartman

Specialist Five
B CO, 1ST BN, 69TH ARMOR, 4 INF DIV
Army of the United States
14 April 1929 - 31 January 1968
San Angelo, Texas
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The database page for Henry Wilburn Hartman

05 Sep 2006

Henry Hartman was a San Angelo native and was career military, having served 18 years in the U.S. Army. He first enlisted in 1949 at age 19. He died as a driver for a tank and was killed on the first day of the TET offensive. He had served in Vietnam for 16 months at the time of his death. He is remembered by the Concho Valley Vietnam Memorial in San Angelo and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial located in Midland, Texas. May his sacrifice not be forgotten.

From a PBVVM representative,
Billy M. Brown
bmbrown@grandecom.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 30 January 1968 the VC's TET Offensive began, in some places prematurely. The 4th Infantry Division was then stationed in Kontum and Pleiku Provinces in the Central Highlands. The Division lost ten men as a result of the first day's fighting:
  • A Co, 3rd Bn, 12th Infantry
    • SP4 Dennis L. Magrie, Havertown, PA

  • A Trp, 2nd Sqdn, 1st Cavalry
    • SP4 Glenn R. Brust, Troy, NY
    • SP4 Robert W. Forkl, Holland, NY
    • PFC Paul E. Gerlach, Madison, WI
    • SP4 Louis C. Grove, Clifton, NJ
    • SP5 Dennis B. Kouhns, Ogden, IA
    • SP4 Richard F. Rial, Rathbone, NY

  • 1st Bn, 69th Armor
    • SP5 Henry W. Hartman, San Angelo, TX (DoW 01/31/1968)
    • SGT Richard T. Heimes, Yankton, SD
    • SP4 Pete Melnick, Yatesboro, PA


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a PBVVM representative,
Billy M. Brown
bmbrown@grandecom.net



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 05 Sep 2006
Last updated 09/29/2006