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JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1949 – April 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Oliver Baughman, of Junction City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 6
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Junction City, Kansas (Geary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 6
- REESE MARK ANDERSENSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1969
- GERALD DWAIN ANGELLEYChief Petty Officer · April 19, 1969
- ANDREW ALBERT BIEDRON JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHARLES CROSECorporal · Panel 26W, Line 7
- DAVID LOREN MCGILLCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 11
From Junction City
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- GERALD BRUCE EVANSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1966
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 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.