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ROBERT LANOUE BALDWIN
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 17, 1933 – March 31, 1967
Service recordRobert Lanoue Baldwin, of Tomah, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 31, 1967, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 17, 1933
- Home of record
- Tomah, Wisconsin (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 77
- WALLACE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- KENNETH LESTER BRESHEARSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- ROGER STEVEN BRISKINCorporal · March 31, 1967
From Tomah
- DENNIS LEON SENZLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- RANDALL ALAN MEESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS NOTHSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
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.