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JERRY BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJerry Baker, of Highland Park, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Highland Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 22
- GERALD DAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN ALBERTSergeant · November 21, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL JAMES EVANSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- JOHN WARREN HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 26
- THOMAS HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- CURTIS JAMES KAUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- JOHN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 28
- PAUL JOSEPH PAMANETPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 29
- WAYNE E SKOLITSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
From Highland Park
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BURNETTLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- BENNY FRANK NIMOXCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1970
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
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.