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CLARENCE JAY BALDWIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordClarence Jay Baldwin, of Cherry Valley, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Cherry Valley, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 5
- JAMES DAVID BOWERSCorporal · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES BURKHARTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- DONALD B BUTTONCaptain · May 24, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN CARLSONCorporal · May 24, 1968
From Cherry Valley
- FRANZ TINESPrivate First Class · September 11, 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.