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ISIDRO BACA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1947 – August 21, 1967
Service recordIsidro Baca, of Socorro, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Socorro, New Mexico (Socorro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 22
- FRED HORATIO GATES IILieutenant Commander · August 19, 1967
- EDWARD LEE BOBOSergeant · August 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUCKLEYLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- CLARENCE LAWRENCE CHASESpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
From Socorro
- WILLIE B LEEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY ALEXANDERSergeant · March 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.