Baum, Michael Edward
Army Private 1st class

Michael Edward Baum, age 21, from Decatur, Illinois, Macon county.

Parents: Bryant J. Baum

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, July 18, 1970
Death details: Died in South Vietnam from wounds suffered while returning from a combat mission when the personnel carrier he was riding in struck a land mine. He died the following day at a U.S. Army hospital

Source: National Archives, Decatur Daily Review (1970)