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JAMES EDWARD BATES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Bates, of Redding, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 70W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 70W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 70W, Line 1
- JOHN HARRISON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EARL EDWARD BARNHART JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- GERRIT LYNN BLANKSMAPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- TED OLAND BRAZZEALPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · July 20, 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.