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MICHAEL M BARTHOLOMEW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1945 – July 25, 1969
Service recordMichael M Bartholomew, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 42
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1945
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 42
- LARRY DELARNARD AIKENSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- GARY DENTON TATEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH WHITESSpecialist Four · July 24, 1969
- JAMES LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ALEJANDRO DELGADOCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 43
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 43
- WESLEY ERWIN MUELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 45
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.