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BERNARD GERALD BAKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1947 – August 6, 1968
Service recordBernard Gerald Baker, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 18
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 18
- MARCUS PETER ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 6, 1968
- EDWARD GLEN BAKERSergeant · August 6, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BARBEESergeant · August 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BARGAHEISERGunnery Sergeant · August 6, 1968
From Coraopolis
- JOSEPH DALE RIGGLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- OLIVER JOHN RIDDLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK SHANKSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · October 8, 1967
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFERSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · May 2, 1970
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 7, 1970
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.