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- William Dale Bssett Jr and Florencetta ar buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Virginia-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, 29 Apr 1997
William D. Bassett Jr.
Retired U.S.M.C. Col. William Dale Bassett Jr. died April 26, 1997. Col. Bassett was a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and a decorated veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam wars. He is survived by his wife, Florencetta Bassett; four sons, Steven, William III, Richard and Michael Bassett; daughter, Karen Wilson; sister, Marilyn Neal; and six grandchildren. Services will be private at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Kellum Funeral Home, Bonney Road Chapel, is in charge.
From Oral Histories in the Perry Library, Old Dominion University Library, there is and Oral History Interview with Colonel William D. Bassett, Jr., completed on 29 Nov 1978 by R. Joel Trommell. (Opening question).
Introduction: This is an interview with Colonel William D. Bassett, Jr., member of Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic at the Naval Operations Base in Norfolk, Virginia. Col. Bassett has been in the Marines for twenty-nine years and has seen active duty in both Korea and Vietnam. This interview was recorded for Old Dominion University by Joel Trammel on November the twenty-ninth, 1978.
Answer:.. my father. My dad was a thirty-year Marine; he came in in 1917 and retired in 1949. He and I were on active duty in the Marine Corps together for about five months. I was commissioned in the Marine Corps in June of '49; Dad retired in November of '49, so I kind of grew up all around the world. As a matter of fact, I had my first three years in China as a baby -- went over there at the age of nine months. My mother followed Dad out there, and he was assigned to China right after my birth. And then we went from there to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, and that was for another three years, 1930 to '33, and from there back up to the United States and served in -- Dad was at Quantico, Virginia at that time. Spent a year in Newport, Rhode Island when I was around twelve years old, and then went out to California. A year out there in San Diego, and then following that, we were transferred in September of '41 out to Honolulu, Hawaii.
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1927 - 1997 (70 years)