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DAVID MICHALE BAUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – December 3, 1970
Service recordDavid Michale Baum, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 104
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 104
- FRANCISCO VEGALance Corporal · December 2, 1970
- JOHNNY PHILLIP GARCIAPrivate First Class · December 3, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD GILLIAMPrivate First Class · December 3, 1970
- ROBERT LEE HOWELLSergeant First Class · December 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY PHILLIP GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 104
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
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.