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KENNETH ALVIN BAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1936 – November 22, 1968
Service recordKenneth Alvin Baker, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 2, 1936
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 32
- CLIFFORD KAY WELDINGFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1968
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GEORGE LEE BARNESLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- BEN CARLOS BURGECorporal · November 22, 1968
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 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.