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JACKIE DENNIS BASS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJackie Dennis Bass, of Cochran, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 24
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Cochran, Georgia (Bleckley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 24
- WAYNE MICHAEL WILSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- PETER ROBERT ADAMSLance Corporal · May 31, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE ALEXANDERCorporal · May 31, 1969
- THOMAS LEE BLEVINS JRCorporal · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER SAMUEL BORSAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 25
- JAMES GERALD FLYNNStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 32
From Cochran
- JOHN PATRICK ELLISCaptain · February 28, 1968
- DWIGHT ERVYN BOZEMANCorporal · May 9, 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.