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JAMES LEON BATES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1944 – May 30, 1968
Service recordJames Leon Bates, of Bowie, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Bowie, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 14
- JIMMY STEWART WILLOUGHBYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- GERALD L AADLANDSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT CROZIER BARNES JRSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1968
- BRADLEY MONROE BOYDLance Corporal · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 16
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 16
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 17
- CLARENCE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 17
- GREGORY RANDOLPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 18
- PAUL EVERETT SCHIEVESpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 1
- ANDREW KUNG YOUNGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 62W, Line 3
From Bowie
- MICHAEL ALLEN GRIGGSPrivate First Class · August 2, 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.