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ISIAH BAKER III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1942 – March 4, 1966
Service recordIsiah Baker III, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 26, 1942
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 99
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- DANIEL PATRICK BIRCHPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- RAYMOND BLANCHETTELance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HERIBERTO ARMENTALance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 98
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 100
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.