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Charles Alfred Baker
Petty Officer Third Class
PBR-29, RIVDIV 51, TF 116, USNAVFORV United States Navy New York, New York January 18, 1944 to September 11, 1966 CHARLES A BAKER is on the Wall at Panel 10E, Line 86 |
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REMEMBEREDby his comrades in arms fromVVA Chapter 421.
A memorial initiated by another Vietnam veteran, |
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11 September 1966: PBRs 29 and 82 came under automatic weapons fire on the Co Chien River 26 miles southeast of Vinh Long. The VC killed one PBR forward gunner in the firefight that ensued. BM3 Charles A. Baker was the first U.S. Navy PBR sailor killed in a VC ambush according to U.S. Naval Historical Center's History of U.S. Naval Operations in the Vietnam Conflict Volume III, Part I, 25.
From a historian, |
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