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DONALD ALLEN BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – May 27, 1970
Service recordDonald Allen Baker, of Harrison, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 107
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Harrison, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 107
- JOHN ALBION WHEATLEYCorporal · May 26, 1970
- CURTIS WHITTEDCorporal · May 26, 1970
- FRANKLIN JOE WILLISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- DANNY WARD BOWERSCorporal · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRARYPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 108
- MICHAEL ROBERT MAIDENSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 109
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 111
From Harrison
- CLABE HERALD JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- ARNOLD MATHISLance Corporal · July 13, 1967
- JOHN DAVID FREDRICK PIESSpecialist Four · January 21, 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.