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JOHN WESLEY BAKER JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1929 – December 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Wesley Baker JR, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY 54 ARTY GRP
- Born
- April 16, 1929
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 79
- THOMAS DAVID WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- LOUIS ABBEY BARASHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- BARRY MORRIS BARBERSeaman · December 27, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL BARTELLPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.