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RICHARD STANLEY BATES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1946 – September 17, 1966
Service recordRichard Stanley Bates, of Nutley, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 9 MAR AMPH
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Nutley, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 104
- RONALD GEORGE STJOHNHospitalman · September 16, 1966
- NICHOLSON BROWNPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DENNIS LAMAR BUNTINGCorporal · September 17, 1966
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
From Nutley
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- MATTHEW MURICE DWYER JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD GREENSPANPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS DINAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1969
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.