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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Albert Carl Bachman JR.

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ALBERT CARL BACHMAN JR

Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy

March 9, 1948 – June 8, 1970

Service record

Albert Carl Bachman JR, of Turtlepoint, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9W · Line 26

Position of Panel 9W 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. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
March 9, 1948
Home of record
Turtlepoint, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 8, 1970
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 9W, Line 26

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.