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EARL SHERMAN BAZEMORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordEarl Sherman Bazemore, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 26
- WENDELL WARREN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- LEWIS LAMAR BIGGERSCorporal · August 26, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN BILBO JRLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DAUGHERTYCorporal · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DAUGHERTYCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 26
- JOHN CURTIN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 28
- DALE MARTIN HUSTONSpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 29
- DALE RAY RICHTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 32
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.