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| birth_date = November 13, 1921
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|7|7|1921|11|13}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], US
| death_place = [[Sonoma County, California]], US
| placeofburial = [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
| allegiance = [[United States of America]]
| branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}<br />{{Flag|United States Marine Corps}}
| serviceyears = 1942–1971
| servicenumber = 0-20565
| rank = [[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]
| unit = [[VMFA(AW)-533|Marine Night Fighting Squadron 533 (VMF(N)-533)]]
| battles = '''[[World War II]]'''
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== Early life and career ==
Robert Baird was born on November 13, 1921, in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34392031/robert-kent-baird|title=Col Robert Kent "Black Mac" Baird, Sr|work=[[Find A Grave]]}}</ref> He enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] on July 30, 1942. Entering the Aviation Cadet Program, he was designated a [[United States Naval Aviator|Naval aviator]] and received his commission as a [[second lieutenant]] in the Marine Corps on March 1, 1943.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=710|title=Robert Baird|work=Veteran Tributes}}</ref>
 
Baird was assigned to Marine Night Fighter Squadron 532 (VMF(N)-532) at [[Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point|Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina]] in June 1943. He was with that squadron when it deployed to the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]] in February 1944. Baird returned to the United States that November.<ref name=":1" />
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From mid 1961 to mid 1965, Baird was assigned to [[Headquarters Marine Corps]] in [[the Pentagon]]. He then spent the next two years at [[Naval Air Station Alameda|Naval Air Station Alameda, California]]. In August 1967, he deployed to [[Vietnam]], where he served as the Chief of Staff for the [[1st Marine Aircraft Wing]] until September of the following year. He was awarded the [[Legion of Merit]] for his service in Vietnam.<ref name=":1" />
 
Baird retired from the Marine Corps with the rank of colonel on July 1, 1971. Robert Baird died on July 7, 1992, in [[Sonoma County, California]]. He was buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
 
==Awards and decorations==
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