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DONALD LEE BAKER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 9, 1941 – June 12, 1965
Service recordDonald Lee Baker, of Energy, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Energy, Illinois (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 9
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
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.