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JOHN FRANK BALDWIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1949 – January 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Frank Baldwin, of Lamoni, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Lamoni, Iowa (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 80
- GROVER WILLIS THOMPSONCaptain · January 12, 1969
- JOSEPH HENRY WACKERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- TAKESHI YABIKUSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN ORMON DOTYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 82
- WILLIE JUNIOR MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 83
- ROGER DALE SHULERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 85
From Lamoni
- ROBERT CARL SNETHENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- JEFFREY PAUL SEARLESPrivate First Class · April 19, 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.