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LEONARD WILLIAM BAUER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – April 18, 1970
Service recordLeonard William Bauer, of Durand, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Durand, Wisconsin (Pepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 20
- JEROME EDWARD BOWERS JRCorporal · April 18, 1970
- KENNETH LELAND CROWSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- ROBERT LEE DANGBERGSergeant · April 18, 1970
- TIMOTHY EMMETT SULLIVANSergeant · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JEROME EDWARD BOWERS JRCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 20
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.