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JOHN EUGENE BARTOCCI
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
February 19, 1934 – August 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Eugene Bartocci, of New York, New York, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 31, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 12
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 24 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- February 19, 1934
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 12
- GARY WAYNE COOPER SRSergeant · March 9, 1968
- RICHARD FRANKLIN YATTEAULance Corporal · August 30, 1968
- WILFORD LEE BLUMERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- EDDIE STEPHEN BROWNLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- ERNEST RAY CARRSpecialist Five · August 31, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.