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RENNIE JOE BAKER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 26, 1944 – July 11, 1969
Service recordRennie Joe Baker JR, of Dixon, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Dixon, Missouri (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 97
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 10, 1969
- JACKIE LAVANDA WOODARDPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- ALLEN CHARLES ARGENTASergeant First Class · July 11, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES BAKER JRCorporal · July 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANDREW TAISLERCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 103
From Dixon
- MICHEAL RAY HARLAMERTWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL JORDANPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LINGLECorporal · August 22, 1969
- BERNARD HERMAN BAXPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
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.