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ROBERT STANLEY BAIRD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1947 – September 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Stanley Baird, of Orinda, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 98
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Orinda, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 98
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- GARY EDWARD YOUNGCorporal · September 20, 1967
- VICTOR PATRICK ANDREOZZILance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- WILLIAM HARDY UPCHURCH JRSergeant · September 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD LOFTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 102
- MERLIN CLARENCE STELPFLUGCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 102
- DAVID GEORGE WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 110
From Orinda
- DAVID RAY ELLIOTTCorporal · June 2, 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.