The Wall › Panel 18E › California › Philip Howard Sauer
PHILIP HOWARD SAUER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1942 – April 24, 1967
Service recordPhilip Howard Sauer, of Coronado, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 81
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Tank And Assault Amphibious Vehicle Officer (I) (1801)
- Born
- July 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Coronado, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 81
- GEORGE RICHARD OBERMEIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- DANIEL TORRES PEREZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JAMES GERARD POMERLEAUCorporal · April 24, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
From Coronado
- NARVIN OTTO WITTMAN JRLance Corporal · August 7, 1967
- WILLIAM CRAIG NYSTULCaptain · April 29, 1975
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.