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COLIN JAMES BACH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1948 – October 22, 1968
Service recordColin James Bach, of Neptune, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Neptune, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 17
- GERALD DEAN ZIEHEMajor · October 21, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH ANGRISANISpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN BELLETTISpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- JOHN ALLAN BURLESONSpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
From Neptune
- DAVID ROWLAND BEATTIEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- DONALD HARRY BROWERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
- PATRICK EUGENE MCBRIDELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JAMES L LANGSergeant · November 17, 1968
- PAUL DAVID BACONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1972
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.