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JOHN REX BARTLETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – January 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Rex Bartlett, of Vallejo, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 30
- JIMMIE EDWARD TRENTSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- JOHN HERBERT WEAVERCommander · January 17, 1969
- PAUL JOSIAH WILSONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- JEREMY ROBERT WOJTKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EARL ELLINGSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 33
- KENNETH WALTER PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 34
- DAVID WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 35
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 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.