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DOUGLAS KEN BARON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1947 – September 21, 1968
Service recordDouglas Ken Baron, of Campbell, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 51
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 51
- VINCENT BERNARDLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BERRYCorporal · September 21, 1968
- ADRIAN COOGIE BRITTLE JRLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS SUDLESKYSergeant · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TED D COLQUHOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- DAVID RUDOLPH LATSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 55
- THOMAS ALLAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 56
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 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.