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ROY DOUGLAS BASSETT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1942 – December 19, 1969
Service recordRoy Douglas Bassett JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 71
- CLYDE ROBERT CARRICOSergeant · December 19, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR COOPERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD EARL DRAHERCorporal · December 19, 1969
- CHARLES BERNARD DRAUT JRCaptain · December 19, 1969
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.