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RAYMOND DELMAR BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordRaymond Delmar Baker, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 1
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 1
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · September 15, 1968
- DWIGHT LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILBUR RALPH BRANNING JRCorporal · September 16, 1968
- RICHARD JODY MARTINPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.