Massillon in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Charles Jacob Bair

Specialist Sixth Class - U.S. Army

— May 30, 1935 - January 29, 1966 —

Charles Jacob Bair Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

1. Charles Jacob Bair Marker

Inscription.
A career soldier of thirteen years and a helicopter flight engineer with the First Cavalry Division, Specialist Sixth Class Bair died when his aircraft was shot down by small arms fire northeast of Saigon. Born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bair of Massillon and the husband of Esther Bair of Mansfield. The Bairs had six children. Prior to joining the Army, he attended Washington High School and was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Massillon. Charles Jacob Bair is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Purple Heart • National Defense Service Medal • Vietnam Service Medal • Vietnam Campaign Medal

Erected by Robert L. Barton.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Vietnam.

Location. 40° 47.606′ N, 81° 31.613′ W. Memorial is in Massillon, Ohio, in Stark County. It is at the intersection of Tremont Avenue Southwest and 5th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east on Tremont Avenue Southwest. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Massillon OH 44647, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country

and in Greater Cleveland.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Robert Damian Wuertz (here, next to this marker); James Nelson Wymer (here,

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next to this marker); Robert Edwin Bethune (a few steps from this marker); Lamont Douglas Hill (a few steps from this marker); William Lee Nulph, Jr. (a few steps from this marker); Paul Ray Maddox (a few steps from this marker); David Wallace Hendle (a few steps from this marker); Timothy Dale Berry (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massillon.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct

Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 100 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.