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WILLIAM EMANUEL BAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1944 – August 15, 1967
Service recordWilliam Emanuel Baker, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 111
- RONNIE D BEETSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- GEORGE ALAN ZOMBERGSergeant · August 14, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- LARRY EARL BOWMANLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE BUTTSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL WAYNE LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 114
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.