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DUANE SCOTT BAKER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 24, 1938 – June 6, 1967
Service recordDuane Scott Baker, of Renton, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Renton, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 60
- NEIL WAYNE ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH BARNESSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 6, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- NILES BURNEYLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
From Renton
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · January 27, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBY WOLFPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- LEONARD MORRIS PHIPPSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FRANCAVILLALance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES HOLTSergeant · January 18, 1969
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.