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JOSEPH RICHARD BACHUS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 27, 1927 – November 7, 1966
Service recordJoseph Richard Bachus, of Logan, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Born
- November 27, 1927
- Home of record
- Logan, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 38
- WAYNE ADELBERT MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MEDLINLance Corporal · November 7, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
From Logan
- FRANCIS IVAN TOOPSCorporal · October 8, 1965
- LAWRENCE NEAL HELBERCaptain · January 24, 1966
- GARY LESLIE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- MARCUS JAMES HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 27, 1970
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.