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ROY LEE BASS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1949 – January 6, 1970
Service recordRoy Lee Bass, of New Brockton, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- New Brockton, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 2
- CLIFFORD CRAIG BLEND JRCorporal · January 6, 1970
- NORRIS RAY BORGMANSergeant · January 6, 1970
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- DANNY KEITH RAYBORNPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NORRIS RAY BORGMANSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 2
From New Brockton
- PAUL LEWIS SAWYER JRFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 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.