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JOHN JOSEPH BACH III
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 7, 1939 – April 20, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Bach III, of Petersburg, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 20, 1969, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Virginia (Petersburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 12
- GEORGE HENRY SMITHCorporal · April 19, 1969
- CHARLES LOUIS TANKCorporal · April 19, 1969
- BERNARD REINHOLD TERHORSTMajor · April 19, 1969
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
From Petersburg
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
- THOMAS RALPH WELLSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 1971
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.