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GERALD OTIS BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1950 – January 14, 1969
Service recordGerald Otis Baker, of Kersey, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 87
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
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 69 ENG BN 34 ENG 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Kersey, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 87
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD BELANGERSergeant · January 14, 1969
- DANNIE LEON BIRDSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
From Kersey
- DELVIN LEE KOHLERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 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.