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PAUL WILLIAM BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1943 – December 25, 1968
Service recordPaul William Baker, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Railway Section Foreman (57B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 75
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- LOUIS ARTHUR WUEST JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- KENNETH MARK BRYANTSergeant · December 25, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.