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WILLIAM THOMAS BASS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – July 19, 1969
Service recordWilliam Thomas Bass JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 17
- THOMAS LEO WISNIOWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- BRENT LARSEN ARVESETHSpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL BELONGERPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KENNETH MINKSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MACK LEE MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 21
- MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 22
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.