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FRANKIE GUY BAKER
Private · U.S. Army
May 27, 1951 – March 5, 1971
Service recordFrankie Guy Baker, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 24
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 24
- WILLIAM LOUIS HASHAGENCorporal · March 5, 1971
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
- LARRY PATRICK JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
- MICHAEL ELI KINGSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY PATRICK JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
From Mcalester
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
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.