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MICHAEL FRANCIS BASTIAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1946 – January 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Francis Bastian, of Sewell, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Sewell, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 19
- DEAN FRANKLIN BOLHOUSEWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN BOROVICKSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM FREEMANSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- CHARLES DIETER GROHSergeant · January 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CLAIR SEELYCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 22
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.