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ELWOOD CHARLES BAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1950 – December 18, 1970
Service recordElwood Charles Baker, of Toronto, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 128
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Toronto, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 128
- JAMES PATTEE ALLENBERGMajor · December 18, 1970
- GARY LESLIE BARTELSWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- DONALD CALVIN CORDLESergeant First Class · December 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DOUGLAS LACROIXStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 129
- MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 130
- ROY LEE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 131
From Toronto
- GEORGE DENNIS MCCLELLANDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONALD JAMES MANNINGHospitalman · May 15, 1975
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.