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MICHAEL LEE BAUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1947 – September 19, 1967
Service recordMichael Lee Baum, of Riverside, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 91
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 91
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- GABRIEL BETANCOURTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LARRY BLOUNTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- CLYDE WALTER CARTERCaptain · September 19, 1967
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 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.