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GARY LESLIE BARTELS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 7, 1951 – December 18, 1970
Service recordGary Leslie Bartels, of Arlington, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 128
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Arlington, Minnesota (Sibley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 128
- JAMES PATTEE ALLENBERGMajor · December 18, 1970
- ELWOOD CHARLES BAKERPrivate First Class · December 18, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- DONALD CALVIN CORDLESergeant First Class · December 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN MICHAEL LYNCHSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 130
- JOHN MARTINEZSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 130
- FLOYD DEAN SOLOMONCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 131
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.