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BOBBIE RAY BAXTER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1930 – February 25, 1970
Service recordBobbie Ray Baxter, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 55
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 4, 1930
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 55
- ROY JAMES ROGERSCorporal · February 25, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH VEZEAUCorporal · February 25, 1970
- DONALD JAMES WADECorporal · February 25, 1970
- MARTIN WALKER JRStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.