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KENNETH LEONARD BARTLEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordKenneth Leonard Bartley, of Mitchellville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Mitchellville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 30
- BENJAMIN ROBERT ALDERSONPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL BARNETTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- ALAN RAY BRESNAHANCorporal · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY RANDALL JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 33
- RICHARD BLAINE PROVEAUXPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 36
- DONALD MICHAEL WAYMANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 37
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.