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GARY BRUCE BAKER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 17, 1944 – June 3, 1967
Service recordGary Bruce Baker, of Montgomery, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 43
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Montgomery, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 43
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAUGHERTYLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JAMES JEROME DEASEL JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
From Montgomery
- ROBERT FRENCH STARBUCKSergeant · February 4, 1967
- STEVEN MATARAZZOCorporal · December 15, 1967
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.