Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker from Rapid City, Illinois lost his life at the age of 21 on April 03, 1970.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker was born on April 30, 1948 and had 4 years of service in the U.S. Navy arriving in Vietnam on November 12, 1969 assigned to Strike Assault Boat 712 (STAB-712), Strike Assault Boat Squadron 20, Task Force 116 (TF-116), U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
Strike Assault Boat Squadron Twenty
(STABRON 20)
http://www.warboats.org/Stabron20/STABPDF/STABRON20FullHistory.pdf
A STAB was a Strike Assault Boat, a small craft designed for the purpose of inserting, supporting, and extracting small units. The boats traded armor and fire power for shallow draft and speed. The STABs went to work in Operation Barrier Reef which was the 43-mile east-west Grand Canal, from the northern Mekong River village of An Long, on the west and eastward to Tuyen Nhon on the Yam Co Tay (river) for eleven months in 1970. On April 03, 1970, while waiting for authorization to open fire, a STAB in a waterborne guard post (WBGP) on the Grand Canal was preemptively attacked by the enemy. It was a smothering attack of machine gun and anti-tank (B-40) rockets which resulted in the instantaneous deaths of three boat crew members, gravely injuring a fourth member of the crew, and minor injuries to the embarked patrol officer. These sailors did not have an opportunity to return the enemy fire. The three lost sailors included EN3 Edward J. Baker, GMG3 George R. Crabtree, and FN Joseph D. Johns.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 12W, Line 86.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker was born on April 30, 1948 and had 4 years of service in the U.S. Navy arriving in Vietnam on November 12, 1969 assigned to Strike Assault Boat 712 (STAB-712), Strike Assault Boat Squadron 20, Task Force 116 (TF-116), U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
Strike Assault Boat Squadron Twenty
(STABRON 20)
http://www.warboats.org/Stabron20/STABPDF/STABRON20FullHistory.pdf
A STAB was a Strike Assault Boat, a small craft designed for the purpose of inserting, supporting, and extracting small units. The boats traded armor and fire power for shallow draft and speed. The STABs went to work in Operation Barrier Reef which was the 43-mile east-west Grand Canal, from the northern Mekong River village of An Long, on the west and eastward to Tuyen Nhon on the Yam Co Tay (river) for eleven months in 1970. On April 03, 1970, while waiting for authorization to open fire, a STAB in a waterborne guard post (WBGP) on the Grand Canal was preemptively attacked by the enemy. It was a smothering attack of machine gun and anti-tank (B-40) rockets which resulted in the instantaneous deaths of three boat crew members, gravely injuring a fourth member of the crew, and minor injuries to the embarked patrol officer. These sailors did not have an opportunity to return the enemy fire. The three lost sailors included EN3 Edward J. Baker, GMG3 George R. Crabtree, and FN Joseph D. Johns.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 12W, Line 86.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker from Rapid City, Illinois lost his life at the age of 21 on April 03, 1970.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker was born on April 30, 1948 and had 4 years of service in the U.S. Navy arriving in Vietnam on November 12, 1969 assigned to Strike Assault Boat 712 (STAB-712), Strike Assault Boat Squadron 20, Task Force 116 (TF-116), U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
Strike Assault Boat Squadron Twenty
(STABRON 20)
http://www.warboats.org/Stabron20/STABPDF/STABRON20FullHistory.pdf
A STAB was a Strike Assault Boat, a small craft designed for the purpose of inserting, supporting, and extracting small units. The boats traded armor and fire power for shallow draft and speed. The STABs went to work in Operation Barrier Reef which was the 43-mile east-west Grand Canal, from the northern Mekong River village of An Long, on the west and eastward to Tuyen Nhon on the Yam Co Tay (river) for eleven months in 1970. On April 03, 1970, while waiting for authorization to open fire, a STAB in a waterborne guard post (WBGP) on the Grand Canal was preemptively attacked by the enemy. It was a smothering attack of machine gun and anti-tank (B-40) rockets which resulted in the instantaneous deaths of three boat crew members, gravely injuring a fourth member of the crew, and minor injuries to the embarked patrol officer. These sailors did not have an opportunity to return the enemy fire. The three lost sailors included EN3 Edward J. Baker, GMG3 George R. Crabtree, and FN Joseph D. Johns.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 12W, Line 86.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker was born on April 30, 1948 and had 4 years of service in the U.S. Navy arriving in Vietnam on November 12, 1969 assigned to Strike Assault Boat 712 (STAB-712), Strike Assault Boat Squadron 20, Task Force 116 (TF-116), U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
Strike Assault Boat Squadron Twenty
(STABRON 20)
http://www.warboats.org/Stabron20/STABPDF/STABRON20FullHistory.pdf
A STAB was a Strike Assault Boat, a small craft designed for the purpose of inserting, supporting, and extracting small units. The boats traded armor and fire power for shallow draft and speed. The STABs went to work in Operation Barrier Reef which was the 43-mile east-west Grand Canal, from the northern Mekong River village of An Long, on the west and eastward to Tuyen Nhon on the Yam Co Tay (river) for eleven months in 1970. On April 03, 1970, while waiting for authorization to open fire, a STAB in a waterborne guard post (WBGP) on the Grand Canal was preemptively attacked by the enemy. It was a smothering attack of machine gun and anti-tank (B-40) rockets which resulted in the instantaneous deaths of three boat crew members, gravely injuring a fourth member of the crew, and minor injuries to the embarked patrol officer. These sailors did not have an opportunity to return the enemy fire. The three lost sailors included EN3 Edward J. Baker, GMG3 George R. Crabtree, and FN Joseph D. Johns.
Engineman 3rd Class Edward Jeffery Baker is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 12W, Line 86.
