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JACK MARVIN BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1949 – September 5, 1970
Service recordJack Marvin Baker, of Ronan, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 39
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Ronan, Montana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 39
- EMORY THERON COATESSergeant · September 5, 1970
- THOMAS MIKELL CRISPLance Corporal · September 5, 1970
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HAUERCaptain · September 5, 1970
- DANIEL FRANCIS KLEINLance Corporal · September 5, 1970
From Ronan
- WAYNE ALAN BARNUMSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
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.