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KENNETH LEROY BAUER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1932 – January 20, 1966
Service recordKenneth Leroy Bauer, of Hibbing, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radar Repairman (26F)
- Born
- March 8, 1932
- Home of record
- Hibbing, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 80
- RAYMOND LAVOY BOATWRIGHTSergeant · January 19, 1966
- JOHN DAVID COFFIELDPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
- LEWIS BENTON LONGChief Petty Officer · January 20, 1966
- OLEN WESLEY RASNICPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
From Hibbing
- CHARLES LEE MAXIEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- VERNON LEROY LEINOPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JACK MICHAEL ZAITZSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- KERRY LAMONT TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- JAMES ARNE NIEMIPetty Officer Third Class · February 7, 1970
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.