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JAMES AUSTIN BATEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1945 – May 16, 1969
Service recordJames Austin Bateman, of Mundelein, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Mundelein, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 24
- AUTHRAN WAYNE WINFREYLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WORDENSpecialist Five · May 15, 1969
- DAN YAZZIESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- LEONARD ASHWORTH COLESSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
From Mundelein
- ERNEST WILLIAM STREHLECorporal · June 25, 1966
- RONNIE RAY LANDERSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JACK PAHL JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · March 31, 1969
- GEORGE ANTON HAINSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
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.