Vietnam Medal of Honor Recipient John F. Baker Dead at 66

UPDATE

MoH recipient remembered at Jackson service
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 27, 2012 17:58:10 EST
FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Friends, family and fellow military members gathered Friday to remember retired Army Master Sgt. John F. Baker Jr., who received the Medal of Honor for saving the lives of eight fellow soldiers in a 1966 firefight with the Viet Cong.

Baker died Jan. 20 at age 66 after collapsing at his home in Columbia. A caisson procession preceded the ceremony at the Fort Jackson Post Theater.

The Davenport, Iowa, native earned the nation’s highest award for valor in combat while serving as a private first class with 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment.
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Medal of Honor Recipient John F. Baker Dead at 66


January 23, 2012
The State, Columbia, S.C.
by Jeff Wilkinson
Army Master Sgt. John F. Baker Jr., who received the Medal of Honor for saving the lives of eight of his fellow Soldiers, killing 10 Viet Cong and knocking out six machine-gun bunkers after his unit was ambushed Nov. 5, 1966, in Vietnam, died Friday evening after collapsing in his Northeast Richland home. He was 66.

Baker and his wife, Donnell, had just returned home from supper when he collapsed, said retired Maj. Gen. Gene Rogers of Columbia, a family friend. Baker had suffered heart problems and had been using oxygen for about a year and a half, Rogers said.
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