PFC Bass #53704668
MOS: 11B10 Infantryman.
A quote from a tribute: "You were the All American kid, solid, always kind to others, a great teammate on the football team just the kind of kid a guy would hope his daughter would marry."
"Jackie was one very special person. He told me the Sunday night before he left that he knew he wouldn't return home."
Jackie was drafted into the US Army 4 March 1968. Jackie arrived in Vietnam 22 February 1969 and was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division, USARV. He was at an observation base in Phuoc Long, when the area came under hostile rocket fire. Jackie was transferred to a hospital in Japan where he died as a result of his wounds.
Survived by his parents, Otis F and Annie Lou Bass of Route #3, Cochran, Georgia.
Posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
MOS: 11B10 Infantryman.
A quote from a tribute: "You were the All American kid, solid, always kind to others, a great teammate on the football team just the kind of kid a guy would hope his daughter would marry."
"Jackie was one very special person. He told me the Sunday night before he left that he knew he wouldn't return home."
Jackie was drafted into the US Army 4 March 1968. Jackie arrived in Vietnam 22 February 1969 and was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division, USARV. He was at an observation base in Phuoc Long, when the area came under hostile rocket fire. Jackie was transferred to a hospital in Japan where he died as a result of his wounds.
Survived by his parents, Otis F and Annie Lou Bass of Route #3, Cochran, Georgia.
Posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
PFC Bass #53704668
MOS: 11B10 Infantryman.
A quote from a tribute: "You were the All American kid, solid, always kind to others, a great teammate on the football team just the kind of kid a guy would hope his daughter would marry."
"Jackie was one very special person. He told me the Sunday night before he left that he knew he wouldn't return home."
Jackie was drafted into the US Army 4 March 1968. Jackie arrived in Vietnam 22 February 1969 and was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division, USARV. He was at an observation base in Phuoc Long, when the area came under hostile rocket fire. Jackie was transferred to a hospital in Japan where he died as a result of his wounds.
Survived by his parents, Otis F and Annie Lou Bass of Route #3, Cochran, Georgia.
Posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
MOS: 11B10 Infantryman.
A quote from a tribute: "You were the All American kid, solid, always kind to others, a great teammate on the football team just the kind of kid a guy would hope his daughter would marry."
"Jackie was one very special person. He told me the Sunday night before he left that he knew he wouldn't return home."
Jackie was drafted into the US Army 4 March 1968. Jackie arrived in Vietnam 22 February 1969 and was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division, USARV. He was at an observation base in Phuoc Long, when the area came under hostile rocket fire. Jackie was transferred to a hospital in Japan where he died as a result of his wounds.
Survived by his parents, Otis F and Annie Lou Bass of Route #3, Cochran, Georgia.
Posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
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