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MELVIN CARROLL BATES JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1950 – August 29, 1970
Service recordMelvin Carroll Bates JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 20
- DONALD RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 28, 1970
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- THEODORE ANTHONY WOLTERSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- DAVID JAMES AMHEISERCorporal · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DARWIN BLENKINSOPCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 21
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.