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JON DOUGLAS BAKER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1942 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJon Douglas Baker, of Lincoln, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- December 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Illinois (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 55
- EDWARD VINCENT ASIPPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- KENNETH VARSALL AVERYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM CEACON BLADES IIILance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BOUDREAUCorporal · May 8, 1967
From Lincoln
- DAVID LEE JONESCorporal · November 8, 1967
- CARSON GREGORY CULLETONSergeant · July 25, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES ORRSpecialist Five · April 17, 1971
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.