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JOHN MILLIAN BATISTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1944 – May 24, 1966
Service recordJohn Millian Batiste, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 106
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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
- September 12, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 106
- WILLARD R RYANSergeant · May 23, 1966
- FERMIN SALDANA JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- STANLEY WILLIAM SALYERSergeant · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY CARLTON BETHEASergeant · Panel 7E, Line 107
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 107
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.