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BILLY W HARTWICK

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HONORED ON PANEL 5W, LINE 33 OF THE WALL

BILLY WAYNE HARTWICK

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BILLY W HARTWICK

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POSTED ON 4.21.2025

POSTED BY: [email protected]

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PFC Billy W. Hartwick arrived in Vietnam on December 30, 1970. Assigned to the 572nd Engineer Company, eight days later he was with his unit on a land clearing operation seven kilometers (4.3 miles) southeast of Tan Phat in Lam Dong Province, RVN, when he was killed by a falling tree. The D7E bulldozer he was riding on reportedly hit a tree which fell and struck Hartwick. He was admitted in critical condition to the 483rd U.S. Air Force Hospital at Cam Ranh Bay for treatment of a skull fracture and cerebral brain stem contusion. Despite the application of life-saving measures by medical staff, he expired early the following morning. Hartwick was 20 years old. [Sourced at coffeltdatabase.org]

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POSTED ON 4.9.2025

POSTED BY: [email protected]

PFC Billy W. Hartwick’s Military ID

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POSTED ON 3.28.2024

POSTED BY: ANON

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Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

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POSTED ON 10.13.2022

POSTED BY: John Fabris

We Will Remember

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

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POSTED ON 4.2.2020

POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston

I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans

Private First Class Billy Wayne Hartwick, Served with the 572nd Engineer Company, 35th Engineer Group, 18th Engineer Brigade, United States Army Vietnam.

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