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WILLIAM LYLE BAUER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1947 – May 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Lyle Bauer, of Creswell, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 15
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
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Creswell, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 15
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
From Creswell
- JOHN RAYMOND LEECorporal · October 12, 1967
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.