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STANLEY MARTIN BAKER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1938 – May 20, 1967
Service recordStanley Martin Baker, of Brattleboro, Vermont, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Brattleboro, Vermont (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 53
- JOHN ATKINSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- GARY CLIFFORD BANNONPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- RICHARD J BELICOSESergeant · May 20, 1967
- ERNEST L CHAMBERS JRCorporal · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL H LAWLERSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 62
From Brattleboro
- JAN ALAN ULMERFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD DARTTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BLAKEPetty Officer Third Class · March 21, 1970
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.