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DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1949 – March 11, 1970
Service recordDonnie Stephen Bartlett, of Opelika, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Opelika, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 109
- STEPHEN ARTHUR SPIERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- MARCELINO VARGAS JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- CLIFTON WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- EDWARD F YAPSUGA JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALTER LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 112
- PETER LOUIS PROCOPIOSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 113
- LESTER PAUL SABAPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 114
From Opelika
- CHARLES EARNEST HOODPrivate · October 25, 1967
- BROADUS DALE HILYERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- ERNEST AUSTIN BAKER JRCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JOSEPH HAYDEN KENNEYSecond Lieutenant · June 24, 1969
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- HOWARD LANIER WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES M EARNESTCommander · November 28, 1972
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.