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MAX WAYNE BATCHELOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1946 – October 4, 1967
Service recordMax Wayne Batchelor, of Brazil, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Brazil, Indiana (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 47
- LAURENCE CRIS ZIETLOWSergeant Major · October 3, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS DEWALDPrivate · October 4, 1967
- HERMAN ELLIS JRLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JRSergeant · October 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD MARTIN GERSTELCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 48
- CHARLIE F SAULERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 50
- TERRANCE H SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 50
- DONALD GEORGE SCHRENKSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 51
- CRAIG ALDEN VERLINDENSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 51
From Brazil
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- CHESTER RAY MCCLELLANDCorporal · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- ZETTIE J C DULINSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- GARY LEE BOYCEPetty Officer Second Class · January 1, 1973
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.