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GARY PAUL BAKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1949 – May 11, 1970
Service recordGary Paul Baker, of Monroe City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Monroe City, Missouri (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 16
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 1970
- DONALD WOODROW SMITHSergeant · May 10, 1970
- GARY ALLEN TURNBULLSergeant · May 10, 1970
- LESLIE JOE WILBANKSSergeant · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND DEAN ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 17
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 18
- BRYAN THEOTIS KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 18
- ALBERT MILBURNStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 18
- DAVID MUNOZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 18
- ROBERT LEE OCONNORStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 19
From Monroe City
- JOHN DELBERT YOUNGLance Corporal · June 13, 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.