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CPL John Thomas Baker

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CPL John Thomas Baker Veteran

Birth
Ventura County, California, USA
Death
13 Oct 1969 (aged 20)
Quảng Ngãi, Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam
Burial
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Rock of Ages Section
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John Thomas Baker was born in on 4 Jan 1949 in Ventura, Ca. He was 1 of 7 children born to parents, Claude Dallas Baker Jr. and Clara Ruth Cunningham Baker. John resided in Marysville, Ca when he joined the Army's D Co., 3rd Inf., 4th Battalion and served in Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). On 13 Oct 1969, while defending his country, Corporal John Thomas Baker was tragically killed outright by hostile artillery/rocket in Quang Ngai. His body was recovered and he is laid to rest next to his brother, Claude Dallas Baker Jr., and near his beloved parents, Claude Dallas and Clara Ruth Cunningham Baker. He is gone, but not forgotten.
John Thomas Baker was born in on 4 Jan 1949 in Ventura, Ca. He was 1 of 7 children born to parents, Claude Dallas Baker Jr. and Clara Ruth Cunningham Baker. John resided in Marysville, Ca when he joined the Army's D Co., 3rd Inf., 4th Battalion and served in Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). On 13 Oct 1969, while defending his country, Corporal John Thomas Baker was tragically killed outright by hostile artillery/rocket in Quang Ngai. His body was recovered and he is laid to rest next to his brother, Claude Dallas Baker Jr., and near his beloved parents, Claude Dallas and Clara Ruth Cunningham Baker. He is gone, but not forgotten.

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  • Maintained by: Jen
  • Originally Created by: Belva
  • Added: Mar 27, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8564872/john_thomas-baker: accessed ), memorial page for CPL John Thomas Baker (4 Jan 1949–13 Oct 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8564872, citing Greenlawn Cemetery and Mortuary, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA; Maintained by Jen (contributor 46982775).