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WILLIAM MCKINLEY BALDWIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1945 – August 14, 1966
Service recordWilliam McKinley Baldwin, of St Albans, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- St Albans, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 3
- RONALD LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- LAURIE LEON ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
From St Albans
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- HERBERT SHERRILLSergeant · June 29, 1967
- SAMUEL LEE DASH JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DONALD CALVIN BROWNSergeant · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM ADAMS JRCorporal · April 19, 1968
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · June 18, 1969
- JAMES FINNEY JRStaff Sergeant · August 3, 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.