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SANDERS RAY BALDWIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1940 – December 23, 1969
Service recordSanders Ray Baldwin, of Manassas, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 86
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Manassas, Virginia (Manassas (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 86
- ERROLD RUFUS FARRARSergeant · December 23, 1969
- TRUMAN JAMES W GILBERTSergeant · December 23, 1969
- WILLIS WAYNE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1969
- OSCAR BURL LYLES JRStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1969
From Manassas
- DALLAS LEMON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- JAMES AMBLER WRIGHTSergeant · October 25, 1968
- WAYLAND F MCCAULEY JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- ROGER STANLEY URBANIPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.