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CHARLES ALFRED BAKER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 18, 1944 – September 11, 1966
Service recordCharles Alfred Baker, of New York, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 11, 1966, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 86
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 18, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 86
- EARNEST LEE BEAMPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM DEPPSergeant · September 11, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.