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RICHARD L BAUMBERGER JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 14, 1947 – May 5, 1969
Service recordRichard L Baumberger JR, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 5, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 4
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 4
- WOODROW WILSON BISHOP JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- ODELL CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- CURTIS CLEVELAND DEESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1969
- JAMES MARION ELLISSergeant · May 5, 1969
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 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.