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CHARLES LEROY BALDWIN
Captain · U.S. Army
May 22, 1945 – August 27, 1969
Service recordCharles Leroy Baldwin, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 124
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineer (7110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 124
- LEROY LEMUEL BELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1969
- LESLIE RAVEN BELLPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
- JAMES MITCHELL BOGACZCorporal · August 27, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD FREESTONEPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
From Mt Clemens
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 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.