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WILLIAM CLAY BAER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1946 – May 20, 1968
Service recordWilliam Clay Baer, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 64E, Line 2
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- KENNETH RICHARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM LARRY WILSONCorporal · May 19, 1968
- GARY LEE WITHERELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN PLATOMaster Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 7
- JOHN HARTLEY ROBERTSONMaster Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 8
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.