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DANNY RAY BAKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordDanny Ray Baker, of Atkins, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 62
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Atkins, Arkansas (Pope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 62
- EDWIN ALLEN ZUMWALTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
- JERRY ALLEN ASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ASKAMPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILFREDO AYALA-REYESSergeant · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 70
From Atkins
- BILLY WAYNE HARTWICKPrivate First Class · January 8, 1971
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.