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DAVID BAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – October 28, 1967
Service recordDavid Baker, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Morganton, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 89
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · October 27, 1967
- PAUL DENNIS ABBOTTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NICK KOKALISSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 92
- THOMAS GLEN NAILEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 93
From Morganton
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 1969
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
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.