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THOMAS EDI BAUMGARDNER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1950 – June 7, 1971
Service recordThomas Edi Baumgardner JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 69
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 69
- DAVID CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- ANTHONY MICHAEL EILERSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- JERRY LYNN THOMASSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- MAURICE HERBERT BRYANTCorporal · June 8, 1971
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.