Rank: Private First Class
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 1-Feb-1944
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 2-Nov-1965
Start of tour: 19-Aug-1966
Incident date: 15-Aug-1967
Date of casualty: 15-Aug-1967
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
William Emanuel Baker died as a result of metal fragment wounds received while passenger on military vehicle on combat operation when vehicle hit hostile mine.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC William Emanuel Baker
PFC Earl Wayne Long
Location of fatality: Phuoc Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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