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ROGER JOSEPH BACHMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1945 – November 19, 1969
Service recordRoger Joseph Bachman, of Westfield, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 94
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Westfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 94
- DONALD EDWIN SPENCEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
- MATTHEW ALONZO THOMAS JRSpecialist Five · November 18, 1969
- KANJI YOSHINOSergeant First Class · November 18, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 1969
From Westfield
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · January 29, 1966
- ARTHUR CLIFTON RETZLAFFFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- RONALD JOHN SELIGLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD GARY LEWISWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT THEODORE MILLERSergeant · January 19, 1969
- RICHARD CONRAD BRUNNFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM PRICESpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- DANIEL CLEMENT NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 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.