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WILLIAM HENRY BATOR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1945 – December 10, 1966
Service recordWilliam Henry Bator, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 26
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- FRANKLIN EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- JOSEPH CLEMONSGunnery Sergeant · December 10, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 27
- JOHN NORBERT GRACHTRUPPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13E, Line 27
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.