Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 17-Jan-1944
Hometown: Montgomery, New York
Marital status: Married to Dorothy D. Baker, two sons
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 21-May-1961
Start of tour: 18-Oct-1966
Incident date: 3-Jun-1967
Date of casualty: 3-Jun-1967
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Gary Bruce Baker was passenger in armored personnel carrier on combat operation when the vehicle hit a hostile claymore mine.
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Peacedale Cemetery, Highland Falls, New York, USA
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