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LEO ALLEN BAUER
Captain · U.S. Army
December 3, 1933 – September 10, 1965
Service recordLeo Allen Bauer, of Ft Meade, South Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 3, 1933
- Home of record
- Ft Meade, South Dakota (Meade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 80
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- HENRY JAMES ZEICHERTLance Corporal · September 10, 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.