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NORMAN WILLIAM BATES
Private · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordNorman William Bates, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 13
- ARNOLD GORDON ABELCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANCIS HOWARD ANDRYSIAKPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- LOYDE DEAN ARMORSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 21
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.