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CARL THOMAS BAAL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 28, 1927 – November 9, 1965
Service recordCarl Thomas Baal, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 39
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Control Instrument Repairer (41C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 147 ORD CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- January 28, 1927
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 39
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- TROY BYRON WILLIAMSSergeant · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- DALE LEROY FUGATEStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1965
From Lebanon
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- RICHARD SAMUEL MOHNCorporal · July 16, 1966
- GARY WAYNE FRIEDMANNSeaman · March 11, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · August 10, 1968
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.