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PHILIP WAYNE BAUGHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1948 – October 20, 1969
Service recordPhilip Wayne Baughn, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên 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 93
- ALBERT N WRIGHT JRSergeant · October 19, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- STEPHEN HARRIS ALLISONCorporal · October 20, 1969
- DENNIS RALPH BAKERLance Corporal · October 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH VINCENT CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 94
- DENNIS GAYLE HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 95
- PATRICK MARTIN GRELLASergeant · Panel 17W, Line 96
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.