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- NAME: Vernon J. Baker
- OCCUPATION: Military Leader
- BIRTH DATE: December 17, 1919
- DEATH DATE: July 13, 2010
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Cheyenne, Wyoming
- PLACE OF DEATH: Idaho
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Vernon Baker was a highly decorated soldier and the only living black WWII veteran to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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