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HARVEY WAYNE BAKER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1935 – January 1, 1972
Service recordHarvey Wayne Baker, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 94
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1935
- Home of record
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Pasquotank County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1972
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1972. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 94
- DOUGLAS EARL TROTTERSergeant · December 31, 1971
- CHARLES MANUWAHL KALANISpecialist Four · January 1, 1972
- ROBERT OLIVER BAKER JRCaptain · January 2, 1972
- BEDFORD LEE DRINNONSergeant · January 3, 1972
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MANUWAHL KALANISpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 94
From Elizabeth City
- WILLIAM HENRY LAMBSergeant · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SADLERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ERNEST BERTIE WHITESpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
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.