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JAMES HENRY BASS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1943 – January 20, 1968
Service recordJames Henry Bass JR, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 83
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 83
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL YAWORSKYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- THOMAS DREW BRINDLEYSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM BRYANCorporal · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 84
- DAVID ANTHONY DECOSTESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GERALD N HUNTERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 87
- ROBERT EARL BUTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 1
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.