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JOHN MICHAEL BATH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – September 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Bath, of Niantic, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Niantic, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 45
- DONNIE WAYNE BROWNLance Corporal · September 20, 1968
- ROBERT ALVA BROWN IISergeant · September 20, 1968
- DERRELL W CLEMMERWarrant Officer 1 · September 20, 1968
- LARRY DONNELL DOSSLance Corporal · September 20, 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.