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Walter Baker

November 29, 1946 — January 19, 2025

Walter Melvin Baker, age 78, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away Friday, February 21, 2025 at home. Born on November 29, 1946 in Battle Creek. Walter was an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Army during the Vietnam War, where he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, a Vietnam Service Medal, and a Vietnam Campaign Medal. Committal services, with military honors, are at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Michigan. To sign Walter's online guest book or share a favorite memory, please visit: www.MichiganCremation.com Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Christiansen’s Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Greenville, 616-754-5638, exclusive providers of Veterans Funeral Care. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Walter Baker, please visit our flower store.

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