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TERRY HOYTE BATES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordTerry Hoyte Bates, of Marianna, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Marianna, Arkansas (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 36
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CARSTENSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAN AVERY ELKINSCorporal · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS HENRY CARSTENSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 36
- DAVID KENNETH WILHELMPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 40
From Marianna
- JOSHUA WAY EASONStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES LEE BROWN JRCorporal · February 13, 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.