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DONALD FREEMAN BAYSINGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – March 9, 1969
Service recordDonald Freeman Baysinger, of Buckley, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Buckley, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 84
- DREW JAMES BARRETT IIISecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
- LEON BEARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RAYMOND LEWIS BETHEASpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MILO DEAN CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 86
From Buckley
- HARRY ALLEN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 4, 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.