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JAMES ALEXANDER BAKA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordJames Alexander Baka, of South Portland, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 105
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- South Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 105
- WILLIAM RACCAFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BLEYTHINGSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN BURGESSSergeant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CHANDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 106
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 108
- DANIEL MICHAEL LEAHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 109
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 1
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEROY MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- JOSEPH EDWARD MORROW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- RONALD EUGENE PONGRATZSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 3
From South Portland
- GEORGE ROBERT DARLINGSeaman · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL PAUL TUELLPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT W TEWKSBURYCorporal · December 7, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN TOPPICorporal · January 27, 1968
- WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSON JRCorporal · October 1, 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.