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THOMAS HARRY BAKER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1945 – February 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Harry Baker, of Stanton, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Stanton, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 67
- THOMAS HOWARD ZEHNERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- CHARLES PHILLIP ALEXANDERCorporal · February 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD BADAVASPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DOMINGO R S BORJASergeant First Class · February 21, 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.