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HONORED ON PANEL 58W, LINE 6 OF THE WALL
DONALD BAKER
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DONALD BAKER
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POSTED ON 12.17.2004
POSTED BY: Jim McIlhenney
The Philadelphia Inquirer - June 18, 1968
Cpl. Baker was killed on Sunday, June 9, while on convoy duty near Quang Tri when his unit came under rocket fire. He suffered head and body wounds.
A 1966 graduate of William Tenent High School, Warminster, he enlisted in the Marines last June and was sent to Vietnam in November.
Last January, he suffered wounds and was hospitalized in Guam for three months before returning to duty on April 22. His mother said she received a photograph of her son and his platoon the day before she was notified of his death.
He is also survived by two sisters, Kathleen, 12, and Carolyn, 6.
Semper Fidelis, Marine!
POSTED ON 10.7.2002
POSTED BY: Josh Crum
Thank you
Thank you for the sacrifice you made. You will not be forgotten.
POSTED ON 4.19.2002
POSTED BY: Kate (Kathy Hare) Hanson
Panthers Forever
Your classmates from William Tennent High School; Class of 1966 will always remember you and miss you.
Thank you for giving your life to help protect our freedom. You are remembered on our web site as well.
Here's a link to to the William Tennent Class of '66 memorial page: http://communities.msn.com/WilliamTennent1966/panthersforever.msnw
Thank you for giving your life to help protect our freedom. You are remembered on our web site as well.
Here's a link to to the William Tennent Class of '66 memorial page: http://communities.msn.com/WilliamTennent1966/panthersforever.msnw
POSTED ON 9.25.2001
POSTED BY: Robert Greer
Worked as a lifeguard
Beverly Road, West Oak Lane
Baker decided to get his military obligation over with before college, so he enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from William Tennent High School in Warminster, Bucks County, in 1966. He was sent to Vietnam in November 1967, and spent three months in a Guam hospital recovering from wounds to both hands. The 19-year-old lance corporal, a machine-gunner, was ordered back to the Vietnam in April 1968 and assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was killed in Quang Tri Province on June 9, 1968. Baker had worked as a lifeguard. He was survived by his mother and two sisters