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Area soldier is wounded by car bomb

Aug-31-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

An update on Yancey Baker, injured last Friday.

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By DAN MURTAUGH

A soldier who grew up in Spanish Fort is recovering in Germany after he was badly burned when a car bomb exploded near his unit in Mosul, Iraq, his father said.

Spc. Yancey Ferris Baker, 25, is in a U.S. military hospital in Ramstein, Germany, being treated for an injury to his left eye, as well as second- and third-degree burns on his left arm, shoulder, neck and face, Charlie Baker said Monday.

Baker's injuries are not considered life-threatening, his father said. His parents, Charlie and Debi Baker, and sister, Charebi Baker, live in Spanish Fort.

Baker's grandparents are Charles and Blanche Sumrall of Spanish Fort, Peggy Lindsey of Summerdale and Marie McQueen, of Eutaw.

"We know he's not going to die, so that's a plus," said Charlie Baker. "So many other people's sons haven't made it."

No U.S. soldiers were killed in the blast Friday morning, which was aimed at troops from the Army's 2nd Infantry Division's Stryker Brigade, based in Fort Lewis, Wash., according to reports. Ten Iraqi civilians were injured, according to the Associated Press. [...]


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