PFC RICHARD ALLAN BAKER

RICHARD ALLAN BAKER

Matthew Reffel
mreffel@clearfork.k12.oh.us
Nephew
32 lexington ontatio rd Ontario OH 44903 us
PFC Richard Baker is my uncle. To add to the post of Mr. Larson, Richard was successfully evacuated and was on a hospital ship headed back to the states. As he was being transported home a blood clot formed and became lodged in his lungs and caused PFC Baker to pass away.
Apr 21, 2014

JOHN O'DONNELL
MARINE VET
HONORING A BRAVE MARINE HERO
THIS MAN HAS GIVEN OF HIMSELF EVERTHING HE COULD, SO THAT HIS BROTHER MARINES AND THE PEOPLE BACK HOME COULD LIVE A MORE PEACEFUL LIFE. THIS GIFT OF HIS LIFE SHOWS THE GREATNESS OF THIS HERO. HERO'S DON'T WEAR A CAPE OR MASK NO! THEY WEAR MARINE GREEN. AS EACH DAY PASSES,WE MUST TAKE THE TIME TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS HERO GAVE UP! SO THAT WE COULD LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY. THANK YOU ! SEMPER FI! HERO YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
Mar 16, 2014

j d
Forty years today
PFC: Today, is forty, years, since you gave all, for our country and our Corps. Someday, we will meet in Heaven, with its streets guarded, by United States Marines. We served our tours, in Hell. You are in the company, of many forgotten heroes. Someday, we will join you, in the hereafter. From those, who made it home: Semper Fi!!
Jan 15, 2009

lance larson
lanlarson@new.rr.com
fellow marine in his unit
appleton wi 54913
I was on the patrol near the Laotian border when PFC Baker triggered a booby-trap while walking point. I was an 81FO but I actually called in the medivac chopper and guided it in. We were able to medivac Richard by lowering a cable, so we were all happy that it appeared he would be OK.(This was around Dec 3, 1968) I am very sad to have discovered he passed on Jan 15th I had already left Vietnam for home before X-mas. He was well liked, did his job, and died a hero. I will always remember him. Semper fi.
Dec 1, 2008

Fellow Marine
Well done Marine rest in peace
THE TIME you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.
A.E. Housman, "Don't be afraid, I've redeemed you. I've called your name. You're mine.
Isaiah 43:1 (REN)
Semper Fi!
Jan 15, 2008

manny g
Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe
Union Gap, WA. 98903
“You are Remembered”
Peace and condolence, to the family and friends. “He which hath no stomach, to this fight, let him depart. But we in it, shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother.” Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless you, for your Sacrifice!!!
Jan 15, 2007

Garnet Jenkins
Just passing by...
Grand Junction, Co.
Remembering this young hero, on the anniversary, of the day he gave his life, for our Country.... "Nor shall, your Glory be forgot, While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points to the hallowed spot, Where Valor proudly sleeps." ~ Theodore O'Hara ~
Jan 15, 2007

Ray Harton
mc2316774@aol.com
Fellow Marine
I did not know you Marine but today I am making sure your sacrifice is not forgotten. Rest in Peace Brave Marine. Semper-Fi. Cpl.Harton USMC ret. Vietnam 1967 5th Marines.
Wednesday, July 12, 2000

Chris Kildare
Semper-Fi! Rest in Peace!
Thursday, January 15, 2004