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THOMAS HUGH BAKER
Major · U.S. Army
January 6, 1928 – November 4, 1968
Service recordThomas Hugh Baker, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 15
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 6, 1928
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 15
- RICHARD CHARLES SIMONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1968
- ELTON GENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS HUGH BERGERONSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
- STEVEN WAYNE BURNAMSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK IRVIN NELMSPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 18
- JOHN JAUTRIS ZIMULISSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 20
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 1971
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.