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ROBERT BENTON BAKER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – October 12, 1970
Service recordRobert Benton Baker JR, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 127
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 127
- CLYDE ELMER WALTER JRCorporal · October 11, 1970
- DONALD NISLER WHITESpecialist Four · October 11, 1970
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH BELTRANCorporal · October 12, 1970
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.