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DAVID WALLACE BAKER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1951 – September 18, 1970
Service recordDavid Wallace Baker, of Ridgefield, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 71
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Ridgefield, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 71
- ROGER ORRIE WELLSCorporal · September 17, 1970
- JOE MAC BROWNSergeant First Class · September 18, 1970
- JAMES CAMIL DUPONTFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE NAPIERSergeant · September 18, 1970
From Ridgefield
- ARTHUR HARRIS DYVIG JRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- ROBERT LESTER VAUGHANLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
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.