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MICHAEL OBRIEN BAKER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1945 – June 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Obrien Baker, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 41
- JAMES AMMONS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
- SCOTT DOUGLAS BALDWINSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- JACKIE LEE DICKENSCaptain · June 2, 1969
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.