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CLIFTON ADAIR BALDWIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – October 2, 1969
Service recordClifton Adair Baldwin, of Montgomery, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Texas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 24
- EDWARD ANTHONY ULIBARRICorporal · October 1, 1969
- CHARLES W BACHMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1969
- TERRY LEE BECKPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM BELLPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
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.