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BOBBY GENE BAKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1949 – September 13, 1969
Service recordBobby Gene Baker, of Grand Junction, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 77
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 77
- TERRENCE E KIERZNOWSKIPetty Officer Second Class · September 12, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCESecond Lieutenant · September 13, 1969
- DEWEY RAY BURNS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 13, 1969
From Grand Junction
- RAMON SANCHEZ HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · March 4, 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.