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BRIAN WILLIAM BATES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 24, 1945 – February 18, 1968
Service recordBrian William Bates, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 79
- JERRY DEAN ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1968
- JOSEPH CARLISLE ANDREWPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS AUSTINCorporal · February 18, 1968
- ROY VERNON BERRY JRCorporal · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY R BYRNEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 2
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 6
- NOEL DEAN WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 16
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.