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JERALD LAVERN BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – March 26, 1968
Service recordJerald Lavern Baker, of Laceyville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 28
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Laceyville, Pennsylvania (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 28
- MICHAEL J BANDYSergeant · March 26, 1968
- LARRY EARL BARGERSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JIMMY DALTON BARNETTPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- BENJAMIN JOSEPH BELARDESpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL J BANDYSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 28
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CAMPOSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 30
- LAWRENCE SKLODOSKISpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 34
- RALPH SIBLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 41
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.