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THOMAS MICHAEL BAKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordThomas Michael Baker, of Fulton, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Fulton, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 4
- RICHARD LOUIS AKELSergeant · May 19, 1968
- MELVIN ARLEIGH ALLENSergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM CLARENCE BALDWINCorporal · May 19, 1968
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LOUIS AKELSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 4
- JOHN DENNIS DONOVANSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 8
- ROBERT EARL JENKINSSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 11
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 19
From Fulton
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ELWOOD RANDALL HENDRIXFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1967
- LEWIS E MCDERMOTTMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- ORVILLE ALLAN SHEETSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
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.