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FRANTZ MARIO BARON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1945 – March 20, 1967
Service recordFrantz Mario Baron, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 118
- JOSEPH BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- MICHAEL DEVERNE BIRDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD BROWNCorporal · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 117
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 120
- THOMAS DUANE DARLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 120
- RAYMUNDO F DEHERRERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 120
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 121
- GARY LYNN HOBBSCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 122
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 123
- DENNIS RICHARD MORRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 124
- DONALD LEE NEELYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 124
- OSCAR FRANKLIN NICEWANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 125
- JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 125
- FREDDIE DAVID JONES SRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 126
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.