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GABRIEL BACA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1942 – October 6, 1967
Service recordGabriel Baca, of Santa Cruz, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 57
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; nine of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 57
- DAVID BRANTLEY ALTMANSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- DANNY DALE BURKHEADSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- ROBERT GENE BURLINGHAMCaptain · October 6, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY CRAWFORDStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GALE ARTHUR ALLDRIDGESergeant · Panel 27E, Line 56
- DAVID BRANTLEY ALTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 57
- DANNY DALE BURKHEADSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 57
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 58
- DON WILLIAM LINTHICUMPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 60
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 60
- TJEERD SCHOELIERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 61
- PAUL RICHARD SIMONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 61
- THEODORE NELSON TAKACS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 62
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.