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ALTON EUGENE BAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1941 – November 1, 1965
Service recordAlton Eugene Baker, of Salinas, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A TRP 1 SQD 9 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 10
- CARRIER PIERREPrivate First Class · October 31, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE THOMAS SAUNDERS JRStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- WAYNE ASHLEY BALMERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
From Salinas
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 1968
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.