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GUY RAY BRISTOL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 28, 1922 – March 2, 1970
Service recordGuy Ray Bristol, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 2, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 73
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 28, 1922
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 73
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH BURGOYNEWarrant Officer 1 · March 2, 1970
- SYLVESTER COLLINSPrivate · March 2, 1970
- PHILLIP GENE CREECHCorporal · March 2, 1970
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.