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VINCENT VANALSTYNE HAUSER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1945 – December 6, 1967
Service recordVincent Vanalstyne Hauser, of San Diego, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 47
- THOMAS O HARPER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE HOLMESGunnery Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- AUSTIN ALBERT HORNESpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- WAYNE ALLEN HUTCHINSONLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 43
- FRANK BRACKETTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 43
- DAVID THOMAS DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- LEWIS E MCDERMOTTMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 56
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.