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FREDERICK NORMAN BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1945 – June 12, 1965
Service recordFrederick Norman Baker, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 9
- DONALD LEE BAKERSpecialist Five · June 12, 1965
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
From Cumberland
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL PROPSTPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
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.