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DON CARTER BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1942 – April 1, 1966
Service recordDon Carter Baker, of Ogema, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Ogema, Minnesota (Becker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 70
- ROGER LEE GERTSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1966
- PATRICK JOHN BREMSPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- HECTOR WARREN BRYANPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 71
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 71
- RICHARD PAUL RANDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 6E, Line 72
- RICARDO HINOJOSA SOTOSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 72
From Ogema
- DAVID ALAN STIYERSpecialist Five · May 14, 1969
- ERROL LYNN KENTSpecialist Four · November 3, 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.