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ERNEST AUSTIN BAKER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordErnest Austin Baker JR, of Opelika, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Opelika, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 11
- JIMBOB BICKLEStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD BIESIADASergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR BILLINGS JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
From Opelika
- CHARLES EARNEST HOODPrivate · October 25, 1967
- BROADUS DALE HILYERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- JOSEPH HAYDEN KENNEYSecond Lieutenant · June 24, 1969
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- HOWARD LANIER WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES M EARNESTCommander · November 28, 1972
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.