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MICHAEL LOUIS BALDINI
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 13, 1951 – June 23, 1970
Service recordMichael Louis Baldini, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1951
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 81
- JOSEPH MARION TUROWSKI JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
- RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAMSSergeant · June 22, 1970
- DANIEL KEITH WILSONSergeant · June 22, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE ANDERSONSergeant · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NEWTON STEVE CLEMENTStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 82
- DONALD ALBERT ROWLEYCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 86
- GEORGE ROBERT WALLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 87
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.