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EARLE JOHN BEMIS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1945 – June 1, 1969
Service recordEarle John Bemis, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 35
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 35
- DAVID ALLAN BRACKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- CARL THOMAS CAHILLFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- BERTRAM ANTHONY CARRSergeant · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERIC GUSTAVE AGATHERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 23W, Line 34
- JAMES MARTIN STOTTSSergeant First Class · Panel 23W, Line 40
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
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.