On May 26, 2024 Vietnam Veteran Jerry Baker, placed 54 crosses on his front lawn commemorating Memorial Day 2024. Each cross represents a fallen soldier in C/3/22 Infantry when in 1968, 57 men were killed. The story of how these crosses came to be in Baker’s possession is quite remarkable. The details are below. Jerry Baker
Jerry Baker felt strongly that this Memorial Day he wanted to do something significant to honor the fallen soldiers in his platoon. He told his…