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LEE THOMAS BAIZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1949 – July 29, 1970
Service recordLee Thomas Baiz, of Elmira, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 64
- GERALD MICHAEL VETRANOStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1970
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- DAVID ERVIN ZIMMERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 28, 1970
- KARL THOMAS ANTEAUWarrant Officer 1 · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER JAMES CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 65
- RONALD FRANK PERSYNStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 67
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 67
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 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.