David Baker

Lance Corporal
D CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
23 December 1945 - 19 March 1967
Philadelphia, PA
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3RD MARDIV

9TH MARINES
David Baker

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for David Baker

18 Aug 2002

The photo and following article appeared on October 26,1987, in The Philadelphia Daily News. The special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY' honored Philadelphia's 630 fallen heroes in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.

The 21-year-old Marine combat rifleman worked as a dishwasher after graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School. He joined the Marines in April 1965, and was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, in Viet Nam. Baker died on March 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province during Operation Prairie II. The lance corporal was survived by his parents.

SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINE!

From a native Philadelphian and Marine,
Jim McIlhenney
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The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a native Philadelphian and Marine,
Jim McIlhenney
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18 Aug 2002



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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