Ernest E Bartolina Jr.

Captain Ernest E Bartolina Jr. photo

Vietnam
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Fallen

Bismarck, ND


County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Recovered:
Remains recovered

Branch of Service:
Marines

Rank:
Captain

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
Marine Aircraft Group 16, HMN 364

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
III Marine Amphibious Force
Listed on/in the:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington D.C.
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

In Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Hostile, Helicopter - Pilot
Air loss, Crash on land

Biography:

Ernest E. Bartolina was born on December 29, 1942, in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, to Ernest and Kathryn Bartolina. He married Susan Cartwright on February 28, 1964. 

On February 7, 1969, Captain Bartolina was the crew as Pilot of the CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter #BU-153334 taking part in a medevac mission in Guang Nam province, in an area known as Arizona Territory. While starting to descend, they were hit by enemy automatic weapons fire and crashed in a rice paddy. Six of the men aboard were killed. 

Captain Bartolina received the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, and is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC, name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 33w, Line 75. He is buried at West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.

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