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GEORGE CLINGER BASS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – March 6, 1971
Service recordGeorge Clinger Bass, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 26
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 26
- BARRY MERCER STRAWCaptain · March 5, 1971
- JAMES CALVIN TUBB JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1971
- RALPH LELAND WARDCaptain · March 5, 1971
- DANIEL WEBSTER ALLEN JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- EDWARD PILLOW COOPERLieutenant (junior grade) · December 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN WALTER BURGDORFERSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 27
- HORACE LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 27
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.