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MARK ANDREW BATEMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1947 – October 3, 1967
Service recordMark Andrew Bateman, of Oracle, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Oracle, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 43
- ARTHUR RAYMOND COUGHLINCaptain · October 3, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM WHITBY DUCKMajor · October 3, 1967
- WALLACE W HOPKINS JRSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
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.