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ROBERT LEE BAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – May 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Baker, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 3
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 3
- WALTER JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MELVIN GEORGE WINDHAMHospitalman · May 9, 1968
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · May 9, 1968
- MARK DOUGLAS YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 6
- ARTHUR CASTILLO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 16
- WILLIAM EIDMAN WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 17
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.