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GENE ALLEN LAUER
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 30, 1937 – September 24, 1968
Service recordGene Allen Lauer, of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Shamokin, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 45
- PHILIP SEAN BANCROFTCorporal · September 30, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BARRYPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- PHILIP ARTHUR BEASLEYHospitalman · September 30, 1968
- BOBBY JAMES BROWNStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1968
- SAMUEL MCARTHUR CAVINSCorporal · September 30, 1968
From Shamokin
- ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGESpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- DONALD A NAHODIL JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- RONALD LEE RAKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 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.