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EUGENE BAKER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – August 5, 1968
Service recordEugene Baker JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 11
- THOMAS ALLEN WARRENPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- GREGORY BRIAN WHITMORESergeant · August 4, 1968
- TIMOTHY MARCIA WILBANKSLance Corporal · August 4, 1968
- JONES LEE YAZZIELance Corporal · August 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 13
- DAVID ARLIN GULBRANTSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49W, Line 13
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.