Glen Douglas Bates
Lance Corporal
2ND PLT, M CO, 3RD BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Hazlet, New Jersey
March 07, 1948 to November 02, 1967
GLEN D BATES is on the Wall at Panel 29E, Line 9

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Glen D Bates
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25 Apr 2004

REMEMBERED

by
theschleichers@hotmail.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On the morning of 02 Nov 1967, Lance Corporal Bates' platoon from Mike Company, 3/7 Marines, was occupying a small defensive position when it was attacked by a company-sized force operating under cover of a heavy mortar barrage. Although the Marines ultimately held out, ten men were killed in action - some by gunfire, but most victims of satchel charges thrown into their fighting positions and bunkers:
  • Sgt David H. Shoemaker, San Jose, CA (Silver Star)
  • Cpl Willet R. Amendola, Deposit, NY (Navy Cross)
  • LCpl Glen D. Bates, Hazlet, NJ
  • LCpl Patrick J. Dearborn, Canada
  • LCpl Davis A. Jones, Wellington, OH
  • LCpl Gerald Kropidlowski, Stevens Point, WI
  • LCpl Dana A. Pitts, Minneapolis, MN
  • Pfc Robert E. Moore, Essex, MA
  • Pfc James G. Edinger, Sodus, MI
  • Pvt Stephano J. Fiducioso, Swedesboro, NJ

Lance Corporal Bates is remembered on the
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial site


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