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WILLIE CECIL BAKER
Private · U.S. Army
March 19, 1945 – August 28, 1967
Service recordWillie Cecil Baker, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 56
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 56
- MICHAEL JAY CALLERLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- PHILIP ROBERT CURRANLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- TERRY LEE ECKERCorporal · August 28, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 55
- ORLANDO FLONORYPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 55
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.