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MICHAEL EDWARD BAUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – July 18, 1970
Service recordMichael Edward Baum, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 27
- RANDALL THOMAS BAERCorporal · July 18, 1970
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · July 18, 1970
- DENNIS LEE CLYMERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN DICKUSWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL THOMAS BAERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 27
- JAMES M DUNNAVANT JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 28
- JAMES LARRY FOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 28
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.