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GREGORY JOSEPH BARTKOWSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1948 – October 30, 1968
Service recordGregory Joseph Bartkowski, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 56
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 56
- DALE HARLAN AMUNDSONPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- JOHN VERNON BERGMaster Gunnery Sergeant · October 30, 1968
- MERRITT LEWIS MURRAYCorporal · October 30, 1968
- HERBERT JOSEPH PARZYNSKISergeant First Class · October 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH FERROPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 57
- RICHARD WAYNE HORSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 58
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.