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RUSSELL LEROY BAHRKE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 6, 1950 – August 13, 1970
Service recordRussell Leroy Bahrke JR, of Suring, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Suring, Wisconsin (Oconto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 106
- EDWARD TARVERLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- RUBIN WILBERT WESTFALL JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1970
- ALAN B CHEESEMANCaptain · August 13, 1970
- DONALD CLIFTON COLLINSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES JOHNSTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 108
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.