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NORMAN EARL BALDWIN
Captain · U.S. Army
January 6, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordNorman Earl Baldwin, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 28
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 28
- DWIGHT CLIFFORD COY JRSergeant · August 26, 1968
- JOHN CURTIN IIISpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD LLOYD DAVISConstructionman · August 26, 1968
- EDWARD DAYLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.