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JAMES NEIL BAUER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1945 – May 22, 1967
Service recordJames Neil Bauer, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 19, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 84
- WALLACE STANLEY DWORACZYKSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- ALFRED RAYMOND GREGORYLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW MIETUSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.