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TOMMIE BAINES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1939 – February 25, 1971
Service recordTommie Baines, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 4
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 22, 1939
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 4
- DAVID ALLEN BARTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- DENNIS ALLEN DAVISONPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1971
- ADOLFO GONZALEZ-LOPEZSergeant · February 25, 1971
- MICHAEL KEVIN MALONEYCaptain · February 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD HAROLD GOFFPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 5
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 5
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 6
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.