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ALLEN JAMES BAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1938 – June 6, 1968
Service recordAllen James Baker, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 25
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 25
- MICHAEL HOWARD BIAPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- SAMUEL BOYD JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN KENNETH BRAZIERStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1968
- ANTHONY BARTOW BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.