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JOHN STANLEY BAXTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1938 – August 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Stanley Baxter, of Plainwell, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 37
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Plainwell, Michigan (Allegan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 37
- MICHAEL NOEL FAHERTYSpecialist Five · July 25, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JOHN BERTRAM BECKERCorporal · August 27, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VINCENT ALLEN CLARKSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 38
- WASHINGTON L JAMESSergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 44
From Plainwell
- JOHN J FLEMINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- RUSSELL LEE ROOTSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LARRY A WINSLOWSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- PHILLIP ALLEN WILSONSpecialist Four · December 16, 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.