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MICHAEL DENNIS LAUER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1948 – October 29, 1967
Service recordMichael Dennis Lauer, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 97
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 October 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 97
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RALPH WILLIAM PLUMMER IIISpecialist Four · October 29, 1967
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
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.