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JAMES MICHAEL BAKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1949 – September 14, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Baker, of Defiance, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Defiance, Ohio (Defiance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 56
- CLIFTON LEE BOWENPrivate · September 14, 1968
- RONALD MONTE FRASERSergeant · September 14, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE HEAPSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
From Defiance
- KENNETH ERROL GRAHAMPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- GARY LEE LOVEPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- EDWARD DEAN HANCOCKSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- HERMAN A HESSELSCHWARDTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- MICHAEL LERO BATTStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- ROGER ERNEST BEHNFELDTCaptain · August 19, 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.