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JOHN FRANK NEUBAUER
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
June 24, 1950 – December 31, 1970
Service recordJohn Frank Neubauer, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 17
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Constructionman (CN)
- Born
- June 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 17
- RONALD EUGENE GERTENCorporal · December 31, 1970
- IRA EUGENE GIBBSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JRSergeant · December 31, 1970
- STEVE L J LAVERTYCorporal · December 31, 1970
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.