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SEYMOUR R BASS
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 20, 1928 – May 14, 1968
Service recordSeymour R Bass, of Springfield, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 14, 1968, in Thailand, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 20, 1928
- Home of record
- Springfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 8
- JON ALLEN BAKERCorporal · May 14, 1968
- THOMAS A BARRETTSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES BECK JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- DALE L BLUMECorporal · May 14, 1968
From Springfield
- ROBERT ELWOOD BENNETT IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- DENNIS JOSEPH COLLSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.