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LARRY LEE BATES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – November 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Lee Bates, of Litchfield, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 48
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Litchfield, Illinois (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 48
- CLARENCE TURPINSergeant First Class · November 23, 1968
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- CARL J WINTERCaptain · November 23, 1968
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- THERON WALLACE COBBSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 49
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 49
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 49
- JACK JOHNSTONE SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 52
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 53
From Litchfield
- DONALD FRANK MARITPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- CLIFFORD LEROY ROBINSONSergeant First Class · June 4, 1966
- DANIEL RONEN COXLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES ODLEPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.