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SAMUEL THOMAS BAKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordSamuel Thomas Baker, of Naches, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Naches, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 1
- CHARLES EDWARD BOUTTRYCorporal · May 14, 1969
- JOE EDDY BRAGGSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- TOMMY LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- TYREE CARDWELLSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN TUCKER PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 10
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.