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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Brent John Baumert.

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BRENT JOHN BAUMERT

Sergeant · U.S. Army

January 1, 1940 – April 26, 1966

Service record

Brent John Baumert, of Twin Falls, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6E · Line 135

Position of Panel 6E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Radio Operator (05B)
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
January 1, 1940
Home of record
Twin Falls, Idaho (Twin Falls County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 26, 1966
Age
26
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 6E, Line 135

From Twin Falls

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.