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CHARLES EDWARD SAUER
Major · U.S. Army
August 10, 1935 – July 7, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Sauer, of Fairfield, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Safety Officer (7423)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 187 AVN CO 1 AVN BN
- Born
- August 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 31
- ANDREW CHARLES RABAIOTTILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT RIEBLILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH SIMONPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
From Fairfield
- THOMAS JAMES TINGLEYLance Corporal · December 30, 1967
- BRUCE MAYNARD THOMASPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- ROGER LEE NEGERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- MARK CONSTANT CHENISFirst Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
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.