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DAVID RICHARD BAKER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1947 – August 21, 1969
Service recordDavid Richard Baker, of Antes Fort, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Antes Fort, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 84
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- ROGER DALE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- JAMES HENRY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
From Antes Fort
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
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.