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ALBERT FRANKLIN BAIRD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 17, 1933 – March 1, 1966
Service recordAlbert Franklin Baird, of Erie, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 253 TRANS DET 4 TRANS CMD 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- October 17, 1933
- Home of record
- Erie, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 92
- RICHARD FRANCIS NUGENTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · February 28, 1966
From Erie
- DAVID RAYMOND MILLERPrivate · September 5, 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.