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JOE HARRELL BASS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1948 – October 30, 1967
Service recordJoe Harrell Bass, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 99
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 99
- THOMAS SANFORD GOENPetty Officer First Class · October 23, 1967
- JOE AMOSPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
- LARRY FRANKLIN COGGINSCorporal · October 30, 1967
- RODNEY LEE EGGLESTONSergeant · October 30, 1967
- VICTOR ROBERT WOODENPetty Officer Third Class · October 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY LEE EGGLESTONSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 99
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS REYMANSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 101
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.