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RENE GEORGES BAUMANN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1942 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRene Georges Baumann, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 1
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 1
- DAVID GREGORY BARNESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARTONStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- WESLEY GENE BAUGHMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JESUS ESTRADA BAUTISTAPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GEORGE BROCKERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 3
- JAMES NATHAN CARROLL IIICorporal · Panel 55E, Line 5
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- ERNEST PAYNESpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 26
- AFTON M WATTSCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
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.