Arthur Edward Bader Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankSergeant First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromAtlantic City New Jersey
Date of DeathNovember 30 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Sergeant First Class Bader was a member of Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observation Group, 5th Special Forces Group. On November 30, 1968, he was a passenger in a Vietnamese Air Force Sikorsky Choctaw Cargo Helicopter (CH34) being transported to his reconnaissance area in Laos, when the aircraft was hit by 37mm anti-aircraft fire and crashed 10 miles northwest of Khe San, just into Laos east of Tchepone. His remains were recovered on March 26, 1989 and identified on February 1, 1990. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.