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JAMES STEPHEN BAIRD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 9, 1946 – February 15, 1970
Service recordJames Stephen Baird, of South Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 15, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 13
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- South Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 13
- JOE NATHANIEL WATSONPrivate · February 14, 1970
- JAMES HARDY WILBANKSCorporal · February 14, 1970
- CLARENCE C YOUNGSergeant First Class · February 14, 1970
- MICHAEL ALAN BOSOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
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.