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JAMES PHILLIP BAUER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1945 – January 26, 1967
Service recordJames Phillip Bauer, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 78
- WILLIAM E GUSEMAN IIICorporal · January 25, 1967
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- ARTHUR CECILIO AGUIRREStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KIRBY WAYNE BRADFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 79
- ALLAN GUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 80
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.