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MARK WARREN BACHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – May 18, 1970
Service recordMark Warren Bacher, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 60
- CARL TAYLOR BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
- ROBERT KENNETH COLEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
- ALBERT B CROUCHWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 60
- MICHAEL HEINRICHCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 62
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 62
- JAMES JOSEPH WILKINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 63
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.