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NELLO BALDWIN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 7, 1949 – January 7, 1971
Service recordNello Baldwin JR, of Liberty, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Liberty, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 29
- LARRY THOMAS DUCKETTCorporal · January 6, 1971
- BRUCE LYNN GOODSELLStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1971
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
From Liberty
- EMMITT JAMES WILKEY JRGunnery Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- RONALD GENE PHEARSWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARTONStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAMILTON JRCorporal · September 28, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMSCaptain · February 28, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.