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RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 6, 1949 – February 12, 1969
Service recordRichard D Bartholomew JR, of Wausau, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Wausau, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 21
- ROBERT W HOOKSergeant · February 12, 1969
- FRANK ALFRED JENSENPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- VERNE CARL KELLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- JOHN MATULONISSergeant · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERTO ACEVEDOSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 18
- GEORGE KIRTLAND HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 20
- ROBERT DALE SHOEMAKERCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 23
From Wausau
- KENNETH DAVID ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- JAMES MYRON RINGLEPrivate · March 31, 1967
- WAYNE DALE KRUEGERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- RONALD JON HASKOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- GARY RAYMOND MIRACLELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID LEE TESSMERCorporal · May 27, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KRZMARCIKPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- DALE ALLEN SCHEPPLance Corporal · December 9, 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.