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Pvt Michael Edward Baum

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Pvt Michael Edward Baum

Birth
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Death
18 Jul 1970 (aged 21)
Vietnam
Burial
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.85902, Longitude: -88.977054
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Funeral services for Pvt. Michael E. Baum, of 1705 W. Leafland Ave. will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Pvt. Baum was injured in Vietnam while returning from a combat mission when the personnel carrier he was riding in struck a land mine. He was taken to a U.S. Army Hospital July 17, and died the next day.
He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant J. Baum, sister Mrs. Ronald Hollingstead of Decatur, brothers Russell and James, both at home, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Weathers and Mrs. Mary Baum, Decatur; great-grandmother Mrs. J.C Barley, Nashville, Tenn.
Baum

Funeral services for Pvt. Michael E. Baum, of 1705 W. Leafland Ave. will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Pvt. Baum was injured in Vietnam while returning from a combat mission when the personnel carrier he was riding in struck a land mine. He was taken to a U.S. Army Hospital July 17, and died the next day.
He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant J. Baum, sister Mrs. Ronald Hollingstead of Decatur, brothers Russell and James, both at home, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Weathers and Mrs. Mary Baum, Decatur; great-grandmother Mrs. J.C Barley, Nashville, Tenn.


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  • Created by: JMS
  • Added: Sep 1, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29466555/michael_edward-baum: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Michael Edward Baum (29 Jul 1948–18 Jul 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29466555, citing Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by JMS (contributor 47032380).