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DON RAY BACHELOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 23, 1947 – August 4, 1968
Service recordDon Ray Bachelor, of Caruthers, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Caruthers, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 7
- EUGENE MELVIN BARNETTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES BECKPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- HENRY MCDONALD BRUCEGunnery Sergeant · August 4, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN EDWARDSPrivate · August 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ISIAH FOWLER JRSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 8
- JOHNNY EARL FRISKPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 8
- MIGUEL A NEGRON-RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 10
- GREGORY BRIAN WHITMORESergeant · Panel 49W, Line 11
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.