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JOHN DABNEY BASS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 6, 1946 – September 23, 1970
Service recordJohn Dabney Bass, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 84
- JOHNNY CARROLL JONESPetty Officer Third Class · September 22, 1970
- HAROLD BRUCE KIMBROUGHFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- NATALIE NOWACZYNSKIStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1970
- TOMMY WAYNE ROBERTSONCorporal · September 22, 1970
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.