- SURNAME
Baird
- FORENAME
Thomas Heritage
- UNIT
503 Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (Company D,4 Bn)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Bronze Star with V device,Air Medal with V device
- PLACE
South Vietnam 1967
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
graduated USMA,West Point 1961
SF 1964
leader of an A Team November 1964-April 1965
S-3,Support Bn,173 Airborne Brigade March 1967
173 Airborne Brigade (Separate) LRRP (Provisional) 1967
4 Bn 503 IR 1967
WIA 5.11.1967 Dak To
married at time (2 children)
graduated Kansas State University
instructor,Command and General Staff College,Fort Leavenworth,Kansas
C.O. a mechanized bn,Fort Polk,Louisiana
retired 1981 (LtCol)
2007 resides with wife in Haddonfield,New Jersey
SF 1964
leader of an A Team November 1964-April 1965
S-3,Support Bn,173 Airborne Brigade March 1967
173 Airborne Brigade (Separate) LRRP (Provisional) 1967
4 Bn 503 IR 1967
WIA 5.11.1967 Dak To
married at time (2 children)
graduated Kansas State University
instructor,Command and General Staff College,Fort Leavenworth,Kansas
C.O. a mechanized bn,Fort Polk,Louisiana
retired 1981 (LtCol)
2007 resides with wife in Haddonfield,New Jersey