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CLIFFORD KEITH BAADE
Captain · U.S. Army
December 9, 1945 – December 7, 1970
Service recordClifford Keith Baade, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 111
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 111
- WALTER JOSEPH TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1970
- ROY ANDERSON JRPrivate · December 7, 1970
- NICHOLAS ALLEN BERGERStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BERRYMANCorporal · December 7, 1970
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.