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RICHARD LEE BARTLOW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1942 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Bartlow, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Oskaloosa, Iowa (Mahaska County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 1
- TYRONE WAGNER AUSTINCorporal · May 2, 1968
- REGINALD BAKERSergeant · May 2, 1968
- ERROL MICHAEL BARRIMONDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- O D BRUNNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
From Oskaloosa
- WARREN EVERETT PHILLIPSSergeant · January 29, 1966
- DAVID LEROY MCCOMBSStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
- MICHAEL LINN LYTLEPrivate First Class · October 26, 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.