- SURNAME
Bates
- FORENAME
Virgil Jay,Jr
- UNIT
327 Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (Company E,2 Bn)
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
355427325
- DATE OF DEATH
23rd August 1971
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Rock Island National Cemetery,Rock Island,Rock Island County,Illinois Section J Site 241
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Coal Valley,Illinois
born 26.6.1950
son of Virgil Jay and Jessie Myrtice (nee Youmans) Bates
father (1923-2008) served as S1 US Coast Guard in WW2
married
graduated Moline High School 1968
award Army Commendation Medal
accidental homicide Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 03W Line 128
DATE OF DEATH:
23-Aug-1971
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