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ARTHUR DALE BAKER
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 30, 1933 – April 7, 1965
Service recordArthur Dale Baker, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 7, 1965, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Navigator, Tanker (1535)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 8 BS CLARK AB ATTACH 34 TAC BH
- Born
- July 30, 1933
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 7, 1965
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 102
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- CHARLES GILBERT TUCKERCaptain · April 6, 1965
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- WILLIAM MARSHALL ROARKLieutenant · April 7, 1965
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1966
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.