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MICHAEL RAY BAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1946 – January 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Ray Baker, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 44
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE BORNMANSergeant · January 5, 1968
- ERNEST FRANK BRIGGS JRSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- LARRY ISHMUEL BRIGGSSpecialist Five · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDIE RAY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- RICHARD E DEVORESergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- WILLIAM DAVID DOWDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 47
- EDDIE HERMAN HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- GENE RAY KUNTZCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 50
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 50
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 51
- BOBBY RAY RODGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 52
- FRANCIS PAUL RYBAKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 52
- DANIEL EVERETTE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 53
- RICHARD EARL SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOSEPH SKAVARILPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
- FRANK BARTH SMYKSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 54
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.