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MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1946 – September 18, 1968
Service recordMichael Richard Bartell, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 24
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 24
- PHILIP EDWARD ZELESKICorporal · September 17, 1968
- RONALD WALTER ZYDELPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- LARRY HUGH ALLENSergeant · September 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BECKLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH SIMON BRAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 25
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 28
- JAMES RAYMOND MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 29
- KREG ARTHUR VIESTENZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 31
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.