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LINWOOD LEE BAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1925 – July 26, 1971
Service recordLinwood Lee Baker, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1925
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1971
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 114
- GREGORY ALFRED ANTUNANOSergeant · July 24, 1971
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DONOVANSpecialist Five · July 24, 1971
- JOHN CALVIN HALSEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1971
- DANNY LEE LIGHTSEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RALPH EDWARD MCELRATHCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 115
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.