Vernon Baker Autograph

Vernon Joseph Baker (December 17, 1919 – July 13, 2010) was a United States Army first lieutenant who was an infantry company platoon leader during World War II and a paratrooper during the Korean War. In 1997, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on April 5–6, 1945, near Viareggio, Italy. More about Vernon Baker

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Current items with a signature of Vernon Baker

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thumbnailVernon Baker WWII Medal of Honor Signed Autograph First Day Cover PSA DNA *41$49.99logo
thumbnailVernon Baker WWII Medal of Honor Signed Autograph First Day Cover PSA DNA *42$49.99logo
Baker and six other Black Americans who served in World War II were formally awarded the Medal of Honor on January 12, 1997. A day later, Baker (the only living recipient) and representatives for the six other men were given the awards by President Bill Clinton at a ceremony in the White House in Washington, D.C. The seven recipients were the first (and only) Black Americans to be awarded the Medal of Honor for World War II. Baker died in 2010 at the age of 90 and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.

Baker was born on December 17, 1919, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the youngest of three children. After his parents died in a car accident when he was four, he and his two sisters were raised by their paternal grandparents. His grandfather Joseph S. Baker, a railroad worker in Cheyenne, taught him to hunt in order to feed the family and became "the most influential figure in Vernon's life." His relationship with his wheelchaired grandmother was much more strained, and he spent a few years at the Boys Town orphanage in Nebraska to be away from her. Baker graduated in 1939 from Clarinda High School in his grandfather's hometown of Clarinda, Iowa. He worked as a railroad porter, a job he despised, until his grandfather's death from cancer on Christmas in 1939. A series of menial jobs followed. Read even more about Vernon Baker at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Vernon Baker

The most expensive item with a signature of Vernon Baker (Vernon Baker WWII Buffalo Soldier Medal of Honor MOH SIGNED 3x5 CARD AUTOGRAPHED) was sold in June 2017 for $149.99 while the cheapest item (Vernon Baker signed 3x5 card WWII Medal of Honor) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2009. The month with the most items sold (3) was October 2008 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of Vernon Baker. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2017 with $149.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was August 2009. In average, an autographed item from Vernon Baker is worth $9.04.

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thumbnailAutograph Honoring Vernon Baker Medal of Honor Recipient WW II-MOH stamp in$12.95logo
thumbnailMedal of Honor Vernon Baker Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA$27.99logo
thumbnailVernon Baker Signed Book Lasting Valor Autographed First Edition 1st$50.00logo
thumbnailVernon Baker Signed Medal of Honor Card WWII Hero$49.99logo
thumbnailVernon Baker SIGNED Medal Of Honor Citation Segregated ARMY WWII MOH Recipient$5.99logo
thumbnailVernon Baker SIGNED Photo U.S. Army Medal of Honor WWII Korean War Autograph$15.50logo
thumbnailVERNON BAKER WORLD WAR 2 MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT RARE LASTING VALOR SIGNED BOOK$81.99logo
thumbnailVERNON BAKER WWII MEDAL OF HONOR SIGNED MOH CARD$1.25logo
thumbnailWorld War II Medal of Honor Vernon Baker signed First Day Cover FDC...$9.95logo
thumbnailWW II Trading Card AUTOGRAPHED by MOH Recipient The Late VERNON BAKER $29.99logo