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HARRY E BAKER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1949 – March 31, 1970
Service recordHarry E Baker JR, of Plymouth, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 61
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 61
- JAMES JACOBSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1970
- JOHN ALBERT KIMZEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
- JACKIE LINN LUNDELLLance Corporal · March 30, 1970
- EZEKIAL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HUGH HARLOWSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 62
From Plymouth
- RICHARD LOREN NOWRYCorporal · June 9, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN LARRICKCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HUGH HENRY SARAHSpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 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.