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WILLIAM S BAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – July 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam S Baker, of Middletown, Delaware, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Middletown, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 4
- JOHN RAY WILSONFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
- PAUL BLACK JRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD GABLESpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 4
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · Panel 50W, Line 6
- WAYNE ARNOLD KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 6
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 7
- PAUL HOWARD NABORSStaff Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 8
- JACK RICHARD SANBORNSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 9
- THOMAS ALBERT LUTGESergeant First Class · Panel 50W, Line 10
- JOHNNIE BRUCE SEWELLCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 10
- CHESTER LAWREN WITANEK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 11
From Middletown
- ROBERT CARL ANDERSONLance Corporal · February 3, 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.