- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Rank
- TD3 - Duty Instructor
- Unit
- Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Conflict / Era
- Vietnam War
- Years of Service
- 1970 – 1974
- Date of Birth
- 09/19/1950
- Date of Death
- 05/21/2002
- Hometown
- Paris, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- National Defense Service Medal
- Burial Location
- Paris Twp: Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section B
- Reserve Service
- 1974 – 1976
- Township (entering service)
- Paris
- Township (current / at death)
- Berea, Kentucky
- Church
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio; St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Richmond, Kentucky
- School
- Fairfield High School, Butler County, Ohio; Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
Church: Trinity Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio; St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Richmond, Kentucky. School: Fairfield High School, Butler County, Ohio; Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Served as Duty Instructor, Training Device 1-A-22, training pilots on flight simulators; born in Peoria, Illinois; enlisted 04/15/1970, Columbus, Ohio; served 3 years, 11 months, 28 days of active service; honorably discharged, 04/12/1974, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas; terminal date of Reserve service, 04/14/1976 DD 214 Certificate removed from file (privacy law) by Esther Carmany 8-25-2011
Source: Veteran data form submitted 10/29/2005 by parents, Don and Wilda Bachman; DD-214N, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 13, p. 67; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 05/23/2002