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DENNIS RALPH BAKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1950 – October 20, 1969
Service recordDennis Ralph Baker, of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 93
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Mechanic (1341)
- Born
- October 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Ellwood City, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 93
- ALBERT N WRIGHT JRSergeant · October 19, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- STEPHEN HARRIS ALLISONCorporal · October 20, 1969
- PHILIP WAYNE BAUGHNSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
From Ellwood City
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LISTORTILance Corporal · August 12, 1967
- DAVID LYNN BROWNLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE BOYERCorporal · May 25, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- DAVID JOHN GAMBLECorporal · November 6, 1969
- LESLIE HALASZ SABO JRSergeant · May 10, 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.