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JAMES CHARLES BAUMER
Fireman · U.S. Navy
December 11, 1949 – January 21, 1970
Service recordJames Charles Baumer, of Huron, Ohio, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 21, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- December 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Huron, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 51
- TERRY LEE BANNINGFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1970
- LARRY DWAYNE BEEBEFirst Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LARRY DEAN BOYERSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- CLAUD ALBERT DAVISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE DREASpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 14W, Line 50
From Huron
- JAMES CHARLES FEKETESergeant First Class · June 15, 1967
- THEODORE DAVISON WARDSergeant · May 8, 1969
- TERRANCE R MESENBURGSergeant · June 6, 1969
- GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · March 15, 1971
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.