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LANNY ROSS BAUMANN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – July 28, 1969
Service recordLanny Ross Baumann, of Bloomington, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Nebraska (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 62
- RORY MICHAEL BAUMCorporal · July 28, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR BLAIRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBELance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- EDWARD WILLIAM WYATTMajor · July 28, 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.