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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Victor Carl Jauer.

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VICTOR CARL JAUER

Private First Class · U.S. Army

September 24, 1947 – February 24, 1969

Service record

Victor Carl Jauer, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31W · Line 37

Position of Panel 31W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Personnel Specialist (71H)
Unit (as recorded)
1 LOGISTIC CMD
Born
September 24, 1947
Home of record
Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 24, 1969
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 31W, Line 37

Same unit, same day

From Chester

All 28 names from Chester →

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.