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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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 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:
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