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JOHN THOMAS BAKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 5, 1949 – October 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas Baker, of Marysville, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 72
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Marysville, California (Yuba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 72
- MICHAEL DEAN TERRYPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- JOHN DOMINICK ARQUILLOSergeant · October 13, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY BROOKSLance Corporal · October 13, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 1969
From Marysville
- DAVID EUGENE NANCEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- EDWARD LEONARD GREENESergeant · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- STEVEN OWEN SCHNELLERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN VRABLICKFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.