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FREDERICK JOSEPH BAUM
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1930 – February 28, 1971
Service recordFrederick Joseph Baum, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1971, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Born
- February 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1971
- Age
- 41
- Added to the Wall
- 2014
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 16
- STEVEN VINCENT ASTCorporal · March 2, 1971
- BYRON ALLEN BANGERTCorporal · March 2, 1971
- PAUL LESLIE BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
- PAUL GLEN BRIGHTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1971
- JESSIE MICHAEL BROOKSStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1971
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2014, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.