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DONALD EUGENE BARTEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1948 – February 2, 1970
Service recordDonald Eugene Bartek, of Vienna, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Vienna, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 92
- RICHARD WARREN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- VON STEVEN ANDERSONSergeant · February 2, 1970
- BARRY LEE ARMSTRONGCorporal · February 2, 1970
- ALAN WAYNE BERRYCorporal · February 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 96
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.