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FRANK MARTIN BACA
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – February 27, 1970
Service recordFrank Martin Baca, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 61
- DANNY CLARENCE BERRIERSergeant · February 27, 1970
- RICHARD STEPHEN BOVIOCaptain · February 27, 1970
- ROCKY AUGUST BURNSPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN CONNELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL WAYNE ASPEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 60
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.