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CARL TIMOTHY BAUER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – April 21, 1970
Service recordCarl Timothy Bauer, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 29
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 29
- RICHARD HENRY WARDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN ZONNE JRCaptain · April 20, 1970
- BILLY WAYNE ADDISStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL BOYERSpecialist Five · April 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MARSH CORPPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 30
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.