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RICHARD THOMAS BAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1938 – February 18, 1971
Service recordRichard Thomas Baker, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 114
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Assistant (0239)
- Born
- October 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 114
- WILLIAM R HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · February 17, 1971
- LESTER WARREN ALIPIOSergeant · February 18, 1971
- JAMES EARL AUSTINMaster Sergeant · February 18, 1971
- GEORGE PHILLIP BERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 18, 1971
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.