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LARRY DEAN BALDWIN
Captain · U.S. Army
June 15, 1938 – March 22, 1969
Service recordLarry Dean Baldwin, of San Luis Obispo, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Fa Unit Commander (51193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1938
- Home of record
- San Luis Obispo, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 7
- CARL RICHARD WILSON JRSecond Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- DONALD RAY ALEXANDERSergeant · March 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILBUR ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN BAILEYCaptain · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT CHARLES BUTLERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 28W, Line 9
- ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 11
From San Luis Obispo
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ROBERT MINERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM VAUGHNSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- ALFRED MAURO QUIROZCorporal · January 20, 1969
- ROY HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · February 24, 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.