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DAVID HARUM BASS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – April 30, 1967
Service recordDavid Harum Bass, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 118
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 118
- BOBBY JOE ARDCorporal · April 30, 1967
- KAROL RAYMOND BAUERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- FREDERICK WOOD BIVENS JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSE I GARCIA-MALDONADOSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 129
- BARRY JAN SHORTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 129
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
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.