MAJOR W. C. BAKER, JR.
WASHINGTON, October 7, 1966 – Major General William Clyde Baker, Jr., Assistant to the Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission here, died Wednesday night in Walter Reed Army Hospital at the age of 62.
General Baker was graduated from West Point in 1926 at the head of his class.
He is survived by his widow, the former Hazel Keily; a son, William Clyde Baker 3rd, his mother and two Sisters.
BAKER, WILLIAM CLYDE JR
Major General, United States Army
DATE OF BIRTH: 05/09/1904
DATE OF DEATH: 10/05/1966
BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE 861-C
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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