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CURTIS RICHARD BAKER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 9, 1938 – March 28, 1967
Service recordCurtis Richard Baker, of El Dorado, Arkansas, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 60
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Corps (2100)
- Born
- October 9, 1938
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Arkansas (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 60
- BOBBY JOE BARBERPrivate · March 28, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- DENNIS LEE BERTSCHINGERSpecialist Four · March 28, 1967
- WESLEY CRAIG BRENNOPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
From El Dorado
- HARRY M GODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JULIAN R HOOPERMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1967
- JAMES SHEPPARD MORGANColonel · November 10, 1967
- MIKE RAYMOND RASBERRYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- STEVEN GILL EPPERSONFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BURRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTTSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
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.