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PAUL JOSEPH BAKER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1948 – March 29, 1969
Service recordPaul Joseph Baker, of Troy, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 78
- TERRY JOE BARNHOLDTSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- ROBERT DAVID BENGTSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS BOARDStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.