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RICHARD LOUIS BARTLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordRichard Louis Bartley, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 86
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Jeffersonville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 86
- JERRY DEAN BARKSDALELance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES BEHRENSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
From Jeffersonville
- LEONARD ISLER CRAVENStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1966
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- GUY CLIFTON GETTINGSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE MORMAN JRSergeant · November 11, 1968
- MALCOLM EUGENE LOMAXPrivate · November 27, 1968
- CARL RODMAN HINKLESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- RICHARD TYRONE LEAVELLPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- JAMES HOWELL SUMNERFirst Sergeant · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.