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NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 13, 1947 – October 25, 1968
Service recordNorman William Bartels, of Berwyn, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Berwyn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 31
- ROBERT VICTOR DIMITTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD TYLERColonel · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT WILSONSergeant · October 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL BANASZYNSKISpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY WAYNE HARDWICKCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 33
- NOEL HURLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 33
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 34
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 35
From Berwyn
- CHARLES ALBERT SLAGERCorporal · October 18, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS SUBERTPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- ROBERT RONALD SWANPrivate · September 1, 1967
- LEE BRIAN JARVISSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RASSANOSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- GARY EDWARD BECKERSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · June 7, 1968
- PETER STEVEN TYRKAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 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.