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RICHARD ALLAN BAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1948 – January 15, 1969
Service recordRichard Allan Baker, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 4
- SCOTT JAY BAILEYSergeant · January 15, 1969
- BRUCE GREGORY BOWLESCaptain · January 15, 1969
- GERALD GREGORY BRADLEYCorporal · January 15, 1969
- JOSE RAMON CANOSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
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.