The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William Andrew Bates
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
G CO 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MAR DIV
Date of Death
July 19, 1953
Private First Class Bates was a member of Company G, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on July 19, 1953. He was presumed dead on July 19, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.