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CRAIG ARLEN BAUER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 16, 1949 – February 22, 1970
Service recordCraig Arlen Bauer, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 43
- ROGER JEROME BERNIERSpecialist Five · February 22, 1970
- JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- ANDREW JOSEPH DUSZYNSKICorporal · February 22, 1970
- WILLIAM C MCCONNELL IVMajor · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 44
- DANNY KEITH WITTCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 47
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 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.