GREEN BERETS Baker, A.J. (Bo)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Baker ​

• FORENAME

A.J. (Bo) ​

• UNIT

10 SF Group (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

Colonel ​

• NUMBER

• DATE OF DEATH

24th March 1980 ​

• AGE

49 ​

• GRAVESITE

Oakland Memorial Gardens,Searcy,White County,Arkansas​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 22.7.1930 Searcy,Arkansas​

son of Adolphus Harmon and Bertha Lee (nee Joyce) Baker​

USAF 28.12.1950 - 28.12.1953​

graduated University of Arkansas 1954​

graduated George Washington University 1968​

commissioned 15.6.1956 (2Lt,US Army)​

39th Infantry Regiment,9th Division​

22nd Infantry Regiment,4th Division​

HQ and HQ Company,7th Division​

325th Infantry Regiment,82nd Airborne Division​

Special Forces Officers' Course August 1964 (graduated October 1964)​

6th SF Group October 1964​

5th SF Group 1965 (Det B-52 Project Delta,Vietnam 1965-66)(3rd tour 1968)​

JFKCENMA​

Joint Operations Training Center,Panama​

C.O. 2 Bn (Ranger),75th Infantry Regiment 1.10.1974 - 2.7.1976​

Tactics Department,Fort Benning​

USAREUR,Liaison to USAFE​

SF Det Europe​

10 SF Group (C.O.)​

awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster,D.S.M. (posthumous)​

died on active service Bad Toelz,Germany​

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