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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Joseph Paul Bauer, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Denver, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

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Activity During WWII

Rank: Aviation Radioman Third Class. He was inducted into the United States Navy at Denver, Colorado, with recruit training at the U.S. Naval Training Station San Diego, California. Served aboard an unknown warship in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Reported missing in action, lost at sea Friday, August 6, 1943 in the Hawaiian Islands. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at the Honolulu National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ‘Punchbowl’ Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.