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BERNARD HERMAN BAX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1951 – May 8, 1970
Service recordBernard Herman Bax, of Dixon, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 129
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Dixon, Missouri (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 129
- JOHN LEE WILSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- CHARLES DUNCAN BETHEASpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- DAVID AUSTIN BUTCHERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- HAROLD CARSTARPHEN JRCorporal · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL DEAN DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 130
- ROCKY PEARSON OHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 2
From Dixon
- MICHEAL RAY HARLAMERTWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL JORDANPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- RENNIE JOE BAKER JRCorporal · July 11, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LINGLECorporal · August 22, 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.