Bartley, Howard Lynn, PFC

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION
APO San Francisco 96225, GENERAL ORDERS, 10 December 1967, NUMBER 4758, AWARD OF THE SILVER STAR 1. TC 320. The following AWARD is announced. BARTLEY, HOWARD L.  PFC E-3, Co C, 1st Bn, 27th Inf, 25th Inf Div. Awarded: Silver Star (Posthumously) Date action: 1 November 1967, Theatre: Republic of Vietnam, Reason: For gallantry in action: Private First Class Barley distinguished himself by heroic actions on 1 November 1967, while serving as point man with Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry in the Republic of Vietnam. Private Bartley was walking point through dense undergrowth in the Boi Loi Woods when he was fired upon by enemy automatic weapon positions. Without regard for his own life, he immediately returned fire to alert his platoon to the impending danger which enabled them to withdraw to safety. Private Bartley continued to expose himself in order to return fire until he was mortally wounded.Through Private Bartley's uncommon bravery, aggressiveness, and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, the 25th Infantry Division, and the United States Army. Authority: By direction of the President under the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved 9 July 1918, and USARV message 16695, 1 July 1966. FOR THE COMMANDER: OFFICIAL: Jasper J. Wilson Colonel, GS Chief of Staff Robert S. Young, LTC, AGC Adjutant General 

Howard Lynn Bartley attended Coahoma, Texas schools. Coahoma is a small oilfield and agriculture town on the eastern side of Big Spring, Texas in Howard County. Howard was drafted into the Army a year after he dropped out of high school. He was working in the oilfields around Coahoma, Snyder, Forsan and Big Spring. He married his wife in Coahoma, Texas while home on leave. He departed for Vietnam on August 13, 1967 and was killed on November 1, 1967 from multiple fragment wounds. He loved Colorado and is buried in Cortez, Cemetery in Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado.