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RORY MICHAEL BAUM
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 27, 1948 – July 28, 1969
Service recordRory Michael Baum, of Creve Coeur, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Creve Coeur, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 62
- LANNY ROSS BAUMANNSpecialist Five · July 28, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR BLAIRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBELance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- EDWARD WILLIAM WYATTMajor · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DUANE MICHAEL ROUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 66
From Creve Coeur
- JAMES ALOYISUS BRENNANCorporal · January 31, 1968
- PHILIP HENRY REITHER JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · March 23, 1970
- JAY OWEN CLARKSONCorporal · April 15, 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.