Richard Tartar

Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army

Unit: 3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division

Hometown: Camden, New Jersey

Born: 1931

Died: March 9, 1953, Died of Wounds, North Korea

Awards: Purple Heart, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal

Private First Class Tartar was a member of the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy in North Korea on March 9, 1953 and died of those wounds later that day.