Major, US Army
retired
Pat served from 1964 - 1984.
He is the son of John and Clara Kasperbauer and attended Ewoldt #3 Country School.
He graduated from Manning High School in 1961.
ON LEAVE
Corporal Patrick J. Kasperbauer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kasperbauer, is
spending a 30-day leave in Manning. He has been stationed in Alaska for eight
months, and will be at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as a student in the Army Artillery and Missile OCS.
Carroll Daily Times Herald May 24, 1965
PAT KASPERBAUER
Pat Kasperbauer, U.S. Army Major retired, was born and raised on a farm north of Manning. He farmed and attended Iowa State University until enlisting in the Army in 1964.
He attended officer candidate school and was commissioned as an Artillery 2nd Lieutenant in 1965. He earned a Bachelors degree in Business from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Southern California.
Army assignments included: Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri; Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; Ft. Wainwright, Alaska; Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; 25th Division, Vietnam; Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey; U.N.O. Omaha, Nebraska; USARV Headquarters, Vietnam; White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; NORAD, Phoenix, Arizona; Tooele Army Depot, Utah; Headquarters, United Nations Command, Korea, ROTC, Bemidji, Minnesota; ROTC, Omaha, Nebraska.
Military decorations include: Good conduct medal, Vietnam Service Medal; Vietnam Campaign Medal; air Medal with clusters; Aircraft Crewman's Badge, Bronze Star with clusters; Valorous Unit Award; Meritorious Unit Citation; Vietnam Cross of Gallantry; Vietnam Civic Action Honor medal; Joint Service Commendation Medal with clusters; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Army Commendation Medal with clusters; Vietnamese Signal Corps Badge; Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Ribbon and the NCO Professional Development Ribbon.
Since leaving the Army in 1984 he has been employed at the Glenwood State Hospital-School as Director of Personnel and the Director of Administrative Services.
He is active in the Reserve Officers Association, holding both chapter and State offices, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Pat and wife Kathy have four children and five grandchildren.
In 2012 Pat brought me his albums and military items to scan.
Then in 2013 he came out to my house to go over his pictures and military information.
Below is a sampling of what he has in his collection - along with captions and details about the pictures.
LZ TIP A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 9th Artillery near Hammond Airstrip - Operation Pershing
February 1967 Landing Zone (LZ) Hammond 1st Cavalry
CH 54 flying crane
Background - Chinook large transport choppers
"Operation Pershing"
February 1967 Landing Zone TIP
A Battery 2/9 (2nd Battalion, 9th Artillery)
105 Howitzer and parapet
Operation "Pershing"
Colonel Granger guarding a Viet Cong prisoner enroute to P.O.W. Camp Duc Pho
July 1967 official military print
BARC (barge, amphibious, re-supply, cargo) unloading vessel - Qui Nhon Harbor
Pat - back row 4th from left
April 1967 members of the 40th ARUN Regiment north of Uplift
Hooches (houses) in background are what the ARUN soldiers live in - Operation Pershing
Trucks moving west on Highway 19 - Pleiku
Taken from 1-D Registration Point for racks 823 Operation Pershing
Vehicle wash rack
Signal tower in background near Qui Nhon
Picture printed in Feb 1967
Vietnamese boy
View of US ship from helicopter
Pat using "shower facilities" ARUN Regiment LZ Crystal
"Mortars and weapons captured from the Viet Cong who mortored us at LZ Crystal" Pat Kasperbauer
Actress Tippi Hedrin - Pat Kasperbauer in the middle back
January 1966 Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Corporal Roy Crow (right) and Pat Kasperbauer
Roy was Pat's boss before Pat made Corporal
Kasperbauer, a 1961 graduate of Manning High School, entered the Army in 1964, and was commissioned an Artillery Officer in 1965. He attended Iowa State University prior to entering the army and earned a B.S. degree in 1970 at the University of Nebraska.
In addition to the Army Commendation Medal, Kasperbauer wears Aviator Crewmember Wings, the Vietnamese Signal Badge, the Bronze Star with cluster, the Air Medal with four clusters, the Joint Service Commendation medal, the National Defense Service Medal and Vietnam Conflict Ribbons.
Kasperbauer is presently assigned as the Joint Communications Officer for the United Nations Command. He and his wife Kathy, two daughters, Kimberly and Jennifer, and son Patrick are living in Seoul, South Korea.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, September 14, 1977
Patrick J. Kasperbauer, U.S. Army Major, Retired, age 73, of Council Bluffs, passed away April 21, 2016, at CHI Creighton Medical Center in Omaha. Pat was born September 23, 1942, and raised on a farm near Manning, Iowa. He graduated from Manning High School in 1961.
Pat farmed and attended Iowa State University until enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1964. Pat did two combat tours in Vietnam. He enlisted in the Army to serve and defend the United States of America. Pat attended officer candidate school and was commissioned as an Artillery 2nd Lieutenant in 1965. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Business from U.N.O. and a Master's degree in Education from the University of Southern California. Pat was a Professor of Military Science at Bemidji State University, U.N.O. and Creighton University. After retiring from the Army in 1984, Pat worked at the Glenwood State Hospital-School, as the Director of Personnel and the Director of Administrative Services for over 20 years. Pat has been part of the Army Reserve Officers Association, holding both the chapter and state offices.
He was a member of Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church, where he ushered and was a Eucharistic Minister; member of the Knights of Columbus and the VFW. Pat also enjoyed pitching horseshoes with his son, Joey.
In addition to his parents, Pat was preceded in death by his son, Joseph M. "Joey" Kasperbauer in 2015 and brothers, Mike and Jerry Kasperbauer.
Pat is survived by his wife of 47 years, Kathy (Meiers) Kasperbauer of Council Bluffs; daughters, Kim (Shellie Meyers) Kasperbauer of Kansas City, Missouri, Jenny (Mark) Vacanti; son, Patrick Kasperbauer all of Council Bluffs, Nebraska; four grandchildren, Taren, Domenic, Luca and Isabelle; daughter-in-law, Amy Kasperbauer of Council Bluffs; sisters, Marian (Fred) Fitzsimmons of Vail, Iowa, Patty Sheets of Iowa City, Iowa, Linda Johanson of Forest City, Iowa; brothers, Larry (Carmen) Kasperbauer of Guam, Jim (Marge) Kasperbauer of Collierville, Tennessee, Lonnie (Lou) Kasperbauer of Des Moines, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Isabel Kasperbauer of Lexington, Kentucky, Norma Kasperbauer of Gainesville, Virginia; many nieces and nephews.
Recitation of the Rosary, Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 6:00
p.m. followed by visitation with the family until 8:00 p.m. at
Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial, Thursday, April 28,
2016 - 10:00 a.m. at Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church. Interment Lewis Township Cemetery with military rites tendered by
the U.S. Army Honor Guard. A lunch will follow at the Queen of the Apostles Parish Hall.
Memorials will be directed by the family.