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EDWARD GLEN BAKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1946 – August 6, 1968
Service recordEdward Glen Baker, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 18
- MARCUS PETER ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 6, 1968
- BERNARD GERALD BAKERLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BARBEESergeant · August 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BARGAHEISERGunnery Sergeant · August 6, 1968
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
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.