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CLEVELAND BATISTE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1948 – May 21, 1967
Service recordCleveland Batiste JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 71
- ROBERT GARY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- HAAKON WILLY ANDRESENLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD JEAN BOHANNONCorporal · May 21, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.