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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Lee Baumgart.

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ROBERT LEE BAUMGART

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

July 2, 1946 – May 6, 1968

Service record

Robert Lee Baumgart, of Mishicot, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 55E · Line 39

Position of Panel 55E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 92 ENG BN USARV
Born
July 2, 1946
Home of record
Mishicot, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 6, 1968
Age
21
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

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102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 55E, Line 39

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.