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LARRY MICHAEL BARTELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – December 27, 1968
Service recordLarry Michael Bartell, of Hazelwood, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Hazelwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 79
- THOMAS DAVID WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BAKER JRSergeant First Class · December 27, 1968
- LOUIS ABBEY BARASHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- BARRY MORRIS BARBERSeaman · December 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ARNOLD UECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 82
From Hazelwood
- RICHARD LEON LANDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- MELVIN JOSEPH RILEY JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1967
- RONALD BURK BISHOPStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1969
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.