- SURNAME
Baldwin
- FORENAME
Norman Earl
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Company B,Det A-201) (2 Mike Force) (201 MSF Company)
- RANK
First Lieutenant
- NUMBER
05233469
- DATE OF DEATH
25th August 1968
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Lauderdale Memorial Park,Fort Lauderdale,Broward County,Florida Block 21 Row 10
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Fort Lauderdale,Florida
born 6.1.1947 Fort Lauderdale,Florida
single
graduated Northeast High School 1965
entered service 1965
former Det B-20
award D.S.C. (posthumously)
promoted Captain posthumously
KIA at A-239,Duc Lap,Quang Duc Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 46W Line 28
DATE OF DEATH:
25-Aug-1968AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/baldwin-norman-earl.31174/CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Captain (Armor) Norman Earl Baldwin (ASN: 0-5233469), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Detachment B-20, Company B, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Captain Baldwin distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 25 August 1968 as the commander of a mobile strike force company engaged in relieving the besieged Duc Lap Special Forces camp. During as assault on a hill occupied by an estimated North Vietnamese Army company, he found himself alone and under intense enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire. Shouting encouragement to his men to follow him, he rushed forward and single-handedly wiped out an enemy bunker, killing three aggressors. Seeing this heroic act on the part of their commander, his troops began to advance. Twenty feet from the crest of the hill Captain Baldwin and his company came under a withering barrage of small arms and automatic weapons fire from hostile positions southwest of their line of assault. Captain Baldwin placed a burst of fire on the enemy emplacements from an exposed position, inspiring his men to also locate and bring fire against them. He continued to lead the assault in the face of a hail of bullets, and when he had nearly reached the top of the hill he was mortally wounded by the North Vietnamese fusillade. Captain Baldwin's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/4640
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