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VERNON HOWARD BAKER II
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1946 – June 18, 1967
Service recordVernon Howard Baker II, of Danbury, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Danbury, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1967
- 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
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 5
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- LLOYD CYRUS WOHLFORD JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JAMES E BERRYAirman · June 18, 1967
From Danbury
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- JOHN KEARNAN CLARKELance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GUY VISCONTIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 1969
- JAMES GERALD FLYNNStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1969
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.