Barton Russell Humlhanz was born on February 26, 1981 in Doylestown, PA. He was my first child and only son. Bart, or BR as he was nicknamed by his family, evolved into a handsome young man nicknamed Hanz by his fellow Marines. At age 5 ½, almost to the day, Bart became a big brother when his sister Nicole was born August 22^nd. As a child, Bart played tee-ball and baseball and was in cub scouts and boy scouts for a few years. Bart enjoyed art classes in school and liked to draw and make pottery. Bart also loved music like his mom, he played drums in school and at church as “The Little Drummer Boy” for many years at Christmas, and taught himself how to play guitar. Bart received his first meritorious promotion to Private First-Class May 2002 and received Marine of the Quarter at Camp Lejeune in the fall of 2002. Bart received his second meritorious promotion to Corporal in June 2004. Bart told everyone that joining the United States Marine Corps was the best thing he had ever done, he worked hard at what he loved and was very proud of his accomplishments, as were all of us.  

Bart was killed in Babil Province, Iraq on 26 AUG 2004 during his second deployment as the result of an IED while conducting security operations. Bart’s personal awards, medals, ribbons include the Purple Heart, Navy Marine Corps Achievement, Combat Action, Good Conduct, National Defense, Iraq Campaign, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary, Global War on Terrorism Service, Sea Service Deployment, Expert Rifle and Marksman Pistol. Bart was so disappointed with himself before deploying the second time, since he held Expert Pistol throughout his previous 2 years serving in the Marine Corps. During his first deployment Bart was assigned designated marksman for his unit and was requested by name for several special ops’ missions. Bart is always remembered, along with all our fallen heroes. We always speak his name, so he is never forgotten…Corporal Barton Russell Humlhanz, 2D MP BN, USMC.