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BILLY RAY BAKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1951 – April 30, 1970
Service recordBilly Ray Baker, of Leesville, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 71
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Leesville, Texas (Gonzales County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 71
- ANCEL JAMES TERRYSpecialist Four · April 29, 1970
- LINWOOD ALFERONIA WALKERCorporal · April 29, 1970
- WILSON LEWIS WEBB JRPrivate · April 29, 1970
- FREDERICK EDWARD WORTMANNSergeant · April 29, 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.