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MAX IRWIN BAER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1941 – March 20, 1969
Service recordMax Irwin Baer, of Goshen, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 86
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Goshen, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 86
- RONALD EDWARD FORSTERAirman First Class · March 19, 1969
- DANIEL GUY WESSLERPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD WHEELERCorporal · March 19, 1969
- PAUL WILSONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- RONALD KENNETH BATTLECorporal · March 20, 1969
From Goshen
- MICHAEL M KAUFFMAN IIPetty Officer Second Class · April 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE DARNELLSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
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.