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ERNEST E BARTOLINA JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1942 – February 7, 1969
Service recordErnest E Bartolina JR, of Bismarck, North Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- December 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Bismarck, North Dakota (Burleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 75
- CHARLES JUNIOR SWINTSergeant · February 6, 1969
- RODNEY DALE WISESpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES BEDFORDSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From Bismarck
- ROY CARL WAGNERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · February 17, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · July 25, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
- JAMES ALAN FOWLERLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 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.