Bearcat Base was a U.S. Army base near the city of Bien Hoa in Bien Hoa Province, RVN. For most of 1967, it was the base camp for the 9th Infantry Division.
A little after noon on March 13, 1967, a 9th Infantry soldier was mortally wounded at Bearcat in an accidental discharge incident. PFC Douglas L. Dispensiero, an infantryman serving with A Company, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, was in a tent when after another soldier’s M16 rifle accidently discharged while he was cleaning it. The errant round struck Dispensiero in the right lower back above his ilium (hip bone and pelvis), rupturing his bladder and causing other abdominal injuries.
He was admitted to the 24th Evacuation Hospital on Long Binh Post in critical condition. Despite life-saving measures applied by medical staff, Dispensiero succumbed two days later when circulatory difficulties developed. He was 20 years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]
Doug is buried at Forest Lawn memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, CA.
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