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GARY WAYNE BARTMESS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 26, 1946 – October 22, 1970
Service recordGary Wayne Bartmess, of Nevada, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 15
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Nevada, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 15
- MICHAEL VERNON SOLOMONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1970
- VICTOR LEE BLACKSergeant · October 22, 1970
- ROGER LEE COENSergeant · October 22, 1970
- TOUSSAINT O DALTON JRSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID THOMAS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 17
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.