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DAVID JAMES BAITINGER
Private · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – October 17, 1969
Service recordDavid James Baitinger, of Winneconne, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 86
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Winneconne, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa 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 86
- RICHARD THOMAS WILKINSONSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE COTESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1969
- MARCAS JOSE GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1969
- ALAN TIMOTHY GEECorporal · October 17, 1969
From Winneconne
- EDWARD VALENTINE EIDEN JRSergeant · April 11, 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.