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RANDALL THOMAS BAER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 26, 1949 – July 18, 1970
Service recordRandall Thomas Baer, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 27
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 27
- MICHAEL EDWARD BAUMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · July 18, 1970
- DENNIS LEE CLYMERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN DICKUSWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BAUMPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 27
- JAMES M DUNNAVANT JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 28
- JAMES LARRY FOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 28
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.