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ROBERT LEE BAKER
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 7, 1930 – November 27, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Baker, of East Lebanon, Maine, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 27, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 7, 1930
- Home of record
- East Lebanon, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 85
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1970
- MARVIN S ARTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1970
- ALLEN JAMES BODINSergeant · November 27, 1970
- RAMON ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · November 27, 1970
From East Lebanon
- RICHARD JOHN STEWARTSergeant · March 12, 1968
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.