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PAUL JENNINGS BATES JR
Captain · U.S. Army
February 20, 1943 – August 10, 1971
Service recordPaul Jennings Bates JR, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 10, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 127
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 10, 1971
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 127
- LOY WENDELL PIERCESergeant First Class · August 9, 1971
- DELBERT BRYAN RANDALLSpecialist Four · August 9, 1971
- SANTOS CASTELLANOS JRStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
- THOMAS ALBERT DOLANStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1968
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.