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NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1942 – January 2, 1966
Service recordNoel Michael Bartolf, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 49
- WALLACE EDWIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1966
- JACK DENTON BIXBYPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- CARL RAYMOND BROOKSSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JOSEPH NADEAUPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 48
- WALLACE EDWIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 49
- JACK DENTON BIXBYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 49
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 49
- JOHNNY H LEAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 50
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 50
- GARY FRANKLIN LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 50
- ELLIOTT LYNN MERKLEPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 50
- TIMOTHY WAYNE AIKEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 51
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 51
- JERRY WAYNE MORTONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 51
- RUBEN CLEVELAND ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 52
- ROBERT GEORGE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 52
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 52
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDERICK KOHLRUSCHLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 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.