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MELVIN BAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1944 – January 8, 1968
Service recordMelvin Baker, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 78
- ROBERT CLARENCE WOLFCorporal · January 7, 1968
- WOJCIECH WYSOCKISergeant · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- ALAN JENSEN BARDACHFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH O RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 93
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- SIDNEY LAMAR LEONARDCaptain · February 10, 1968
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.