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WILLIAM HENRY BAUER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – May 1, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Bauer, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 89
- ARTHUR WILLIAM BAILEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1969
- STEVEN DALE BELSLYCorporal · May 1, 1969
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- IGNACIO ESCOBAR DUROSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- GARRY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 91
- GABRIEL HERNANDEZ MADRIDSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 92
- RANDY DEWITT OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 92
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 93
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.