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ROBERT LOUIS BAUER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1942 – May 17, 1968
Service recordRobert Louis Bauer, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 22
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
- December 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 22
- RICHARD JAMES ALLENPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- FRANKLIN VANCE ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1968
- WILLIAM NOVAK AREYCorporal · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY ASHFORDLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.