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CHARLES W BACHMAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1949 – October 2, 1969
Service recordCharles W Bachman JR, of Norwalk, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Norwalk, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 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 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 24
- EDWARD ANTHONY ULIBARRICorporal · October 1, 1969
- CLIFTON ADAIR BALDWINPrivate First Class · October 2, 1969
- TERRY LEE BECKPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM BELLPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
From Norwalk
- LARRY ALAN THORNEMajor · October 18, 1965
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN SCANLONCorporal · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STEVENSSpecialist Five · June 10, 1967
- JAMES FABRIZIOPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · June 11, 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.