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WILLIAM KIMBAL BATCHELDER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 28, 1934 – May 22, 1967
Service recordWilliam Kimbal Batchelder, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 22, 1967, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 81
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- November 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 81
- RANDAL RAY AYLWORTHPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- KENNETH FRANK BACKUSCaptain · May 22, 1967
- GERALD DENNIS BEHLKEPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- LESTER EVAN HOLMESColonel · May 22, 1967
From Shelburne Falls
- PAUL THOMAS LOONEYCaptain · May 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD WISSMANSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERIPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.