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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard Paul Bartle.

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RICHARD PAUL BARTLE

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

October 19, 1943 – September 22, 1966

Service record

Richard Paul Bartle, of Villa Ridge, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 131

Position of Panel 10E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
October 19, 1943
Home of record
Villa Ridge, Missouri (Franklin County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 22, 1966
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 10E, Line 131

Same unit, same day

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.