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JESSIE RAYMOND BATEMAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1946 – October 21, 1969
Service recordJessie Raymond Bateman, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 21, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 100
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 100
- BENNIE CLIFFORD CLAYTONSergeant · October 21, 1969
- GLENN RICHARD COOKCaptain · October 21, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.