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DON LAVERNE BARTLEY
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
July 27, 1932 – June 8, 1969
Service recordDon Laverne Bartley, of Rockbridge Baths, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 109
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chaplain (5310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Rockbridge Baths, Virginia (Rockbridge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 109
- DAVID LYNN BELLLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- PAUL MADISON BOWLINLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- DAVID ALAN BROWNSergeant · June 8, 1969
- KENNETH EARL ENFINGERStaff Sergeant · June 8, 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.