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DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1934 – October 13, 1965
Service recordDavid Michael Halbauer, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 122
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 28, 1934
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 122
- HAROLD JAY LANNINGPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1965
- MICHAEL LIPTOCKPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
- DENNIS RICHARD TABORCorporal · June 11, 1966
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.