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WILLIAM J BARTHELMAS JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 27, 1936 – July 27, 1965
Service recordWilliam J Barthelmas JR, of Circleville, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 27, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Circleville, Ohio (Pickaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 44
- JACK GRAHAM FARRMajor · July 27, 1965
- WALTER KOSKOLieutenant Colonel · July 27, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
From Circleville
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- PAUL JEWELL HILLWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 1971
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.