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Zachary D Baker
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Name: Army Cpl. Zachary D. Baker
Age: 24
From: Vilonia, Ark.
Assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Cpl. Zachary D. Baker died May 28 in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds sustained when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Also killed were1st Lt. Kile G. West, Sgt. Anthony D. Ewing, Cpl. James E. Summers and Spc. Alexandre A. Alexeev.
Died: May 28, 2007
Ark. soldier dies in Memorial Day roadside bomb attack
By The Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Vilonia, Ark.
Assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Cpl. Zachary D. Baker died May 28 in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds sustained when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Also killed were1st Lt. Kile G. West, Sgt. Anthony D. Ewing, Cpl. James E. Summers and Spc. Alexandre A. Alexeev.
Died: May 28, 2007
Ark. soldier dies in Memorial Day roadside bomb attack
By The Associated Press
VILONIA, Ark. — An Arkansas soldier serving in Iraq died Monday after a roadside bomb exploded near the Bradley fighting vehicle he was in, his stepfather said Friday.
Spc. Zachary Baker, 24, of Vilonia died along with five others from a team racing to the scene of a U.S. helicopter crash, Ken Wilcher Jr. said. Baker served in the 1st Calvary out of Fort Hood, Texas, Wilcher said.
Baker is survived by his wife Christina and a 7-year-old son, Wilcher said.
“He was a good Christian man,” Wilcher said. “He thought more about everybody else than he thought about himself.”
Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins, deputy director of operations for the...
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the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas;
Incident
Army Cpl. Zachary D. Baker died May 28 in Abu Sayda, Iraq, of wounds sustained when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Also killed were1st Lt. Kile G. West, Sgt. Anthony D. Ewing, Cpl. James E. Summers and Spc. Alexandre A. Alexeev.
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Zachary D Baker
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.