Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Ernest John Baynes
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Ernest John Baynes

Private First Class
1948 – 1968
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 43W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Private First Class Ernest John Baynes served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ernest served in the Vietnam War. Ernest was 19 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Blast injury
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Nam
Keepsakes
Ernest John Baynes
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
A CO, 1ST BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
0311: RIFLEMAN
PFC
RIFLEMAN
QUANG NAM
1968
Pay grade E02.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 43W · Line 11 cut as ERNEST J BAYNES
Burial Information
Cemetery Westminster Cemetery
In Our Keeping
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Ernest John Baynes
Private First Class
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1968
1st Battalion, 1st Marines
Private First Class
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
1st Battalion, 1st Marines - Insignia

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