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ROBERT OLIVER BAKER JR
Captain · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – January 2, 1972
Service recordRobert Oliver Baker JR, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1972; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 94
- DOUGLAS EARL TROTTERSergeant · December 31, 1971
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- CHARLES MANUWAHL KALANISpecialist Four · January 1, 1972
- BEDFORD LEE DRINNONSergeant · January 3, 1972
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.