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ULYSSES BATTLE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1928 – February 18, 1969
Service recordUlysses Battle, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 52
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1928
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 52
- REGINALD JOSEPH RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- ARTHUR LEROY BROWN SRSergeant · February 18, 1969
- JOHN MARTIN BRUCHERMajor · February 18, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 52
- CLEVELAND E DYKESCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 53
- DAVID Q PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 56
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.