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JAMES FREDERICK BAUCOM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1946 – February 28, 1968
Service recordJames Frederick Baucom, of Lapeer, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnance Trainee (6511)
- Born
- June 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Lapeer, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 58
- RICHARD CHARLES ADAMOSeaman · February 28, 1968
- FRANK TISNERO ALDAYStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ARCHIE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- DAVID ZAVALA BALADESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
From Lapeer
- THOMAS EDWARD HENDERSHOTTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN BEALSSergeant · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES BECKMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 1969
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.