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NEIL ELLIS BATEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – May 15, 1967
Service recordNeil Ellis Bateman, of Cheektowaga, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 125
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Cheektowaga, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 125
- CHESTER ARTHUR LEDERHOUSE JRLance Corporal · July 13, 1966
- LONNIE R BUTTSSpecialist Five · May 15, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM CASEYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- BRUCE ADRION ILESCorporal · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE R BUTTSSpecialist Five · Panel 19E, Line 125
- DAVID ALLEN DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 126
- STEPHEN THEODORE JARRASPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 128
From Cheektowaga
- RICHARD A KNAUSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL J HILBURGERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- DANIEL EDMUND KLOS JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- RALPH THEODORE GLIMSpecialist Four · December 15, 1970
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.