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RONALD EUGENE BAIRD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1945 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRonald Eugene Baird, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 38
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 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 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 38
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN ALLISON ALLSOPPSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DAVID AZORESergeant · May 6, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD BAILEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 1
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- JAMES LEE CLARKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 3
- BRUCE NORMAN HUFFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- ORVAL WADE MCLEARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56E, Line 13
From Pittsburg
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1970
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.