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RALPH GILBERT BARTLEY JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1942 – October 3, 1970
Service recordRalph Gilbert Bartley JR, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 109
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Electronics Maintenance Chief (31W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 109
- JIMMY WAYNE WESTBROOKSergeant · October 2, 1970
- JOHN HUTCHINGS WINBORNEFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1970
- STANLEY HOWARD BARRETTSergeant · October 3, 1970
- KENNETH JOHN KOCHSpecialist Five · October 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- OLEN LEE UPSHAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 110
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
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.