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WAYNE SHERWOOD BATES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 30, 1938 – January 6, 1968
Service recordWayne Sherwood Bates, of San Pablo, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 55
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1938
- Home of record
- San Pablo, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 55
- WILLIAM J ADAMSSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- JAMES ALVIN BAILEYCorporal · January 6, 1968
- TROY CLEVELAND BATTLESPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 55
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 57
- RICHARD EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 62
From San Pablo
- GEORGE STEVE FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- DENNIS RAY HEIHNPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS ALBERT PRENTICESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- MORRIS ALLAN NOBLECorporal · June 17, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- LITTLE JAY JACKSONSpecialist Five · March 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROSEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · August 30, 1968
- GARY DEAN HUMPHRIESCaptain · January 26, 1969
- JACK DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 23, 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.