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ORVAL ARTHUR BALDWIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 16, 1945 – October 5, 1969
Service recordOrval Arthur Baldwin, of Hillsboro, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 38
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Wisconsin (Vernon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 38
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- GEORGE MULROONEYChief Petty Officer · October 4, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL SHROBAStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1969
- GARY DEAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROCKY D ARMSTEADWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 39
- STEVEN ERNEST ARNOLDSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 39
- HUBERT DANIEL SUTTONSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 40
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.