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LUDWIG GEORGE BAUMANN
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 19, 1931 – January 30, 1969
Service recordLudwig George Baumann, of Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 30, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 18
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Plainfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 18
- LARRY ALLAN STEPHENSSergeant · January 29, 1969
- JAMES WELDON THOMASHospitalman · January 29, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH ANDRUSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- LEON BEARDPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
From Plainfield
- EDWARD KNELL KISSAM JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RODNEY ALVIN JAMESPrivate · July 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY IIILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 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.