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GEORGE WAYNE BAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1950 – June 9, 1970
Service recordGeorge Wayne Baker, of Dublin, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Dublin, Georgia (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 31
- DENNIS WAYNE VALUSEKSergeant · June 8, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- RICHARD THEODORE CARLSONCorporal · June 9, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN CHISKOStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH HOWARD LAMBORNSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 34
From Dublin
- JAMES ARTHUR STARLEYSergeant First Class · February 22, 1965
- JAMES ENNIS COOPERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- EDWARD BYRON LINDSEYSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
- WILLIAM CLYDE STINSON JRLieutenant Colonel · March 3, 1969
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.