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SAMUEL THEODORE BAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1943 – October 19, 1965
Service recordSamuel Theodore Baker, of Findlay, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 126
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Findlay, Ohio (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 126
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- LARRY ALAN THORNEMajor · October 18, 1965
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- JOHN BOWERS WORCESTERLieutenant Commander · October 19, 1965
From Findlay
- JOHN PETER BARTLEYCaptain · February 3, 1963
- JAMES LEE TWEEDSergeant · September 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN KELLYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- EMERSON PAUL COLESergeant · March 28, 1968
- BARRY DAVID LORDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT LINLEY GARDNERTechnical Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- THOMAS ELDEN ROSESpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
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.