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ALBERT FRANK BAST JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – December 12, 1969
Service recordAlbert Frank Bast JR, of Miltona, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 49
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Miltona, Minnesota (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 49
- RAYMOND RICHARD PISENO JRSecond Lieutenant · December 11, 1969
- GERALD LEE BALDWINCorporal · December 12, 1969
- JAMES WALTER BISHOPSergeant · December 12, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD DEMORE JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1969
From Miltona
- EDWARD JOHN HAUGENCorporal · March 12, 1969
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.