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JOHN PATRICK BARTONE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 21, 1949 – July 15, 1970
Service recordJohn Patrick Bartone, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 19
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
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 19
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · July 14, 1970
- BOBBY LEE BAILEYSergeant · July 15, 1970
- HARRISON BELLSpecialist Five · July 15, 1970
- DENNIS EUGENE CLARKLance Corporal · July 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY LEE HILLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 20
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.