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JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1948 – April 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Elsey Batchelor JR, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 28
- ROBERT ANTHONY WOJTYNASpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JAMES LEE BARTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JACK BLAINE BEERSSergeant First Class · April 7, 1969
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
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.