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SAMUEL J BAKER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 12, 1939 – October 23, 1966
Service recordSamuel J Baker, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 23, 1966, in Thailand, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- August 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 100
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- JOHN COLEMAN ARDISStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRANDSpecialist Four · October 23, 1966
- CHARLES FRANCIS BUSBYSenior Chief Petty Officer · October 23, 1966
- GARY BERNARD FLABBIPrivate First Class · October 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM J NEWTONLieutenant Colonel · Panel 11E, Line 101
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · August 18, 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.