Services are scheduled Saturday in Holton for a local soldier who was killed last week in Afghanistan. Pfc. Cody G. Baker will be buried Saturday with full military honors in his hometown cemetery.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Evangel United Methodist Church in Holton, a ccording to an obituary notice issued Tuesday by the Mercer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Holton Cemetery.

The Defense Department says Baker and another GI were killed when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Baker was an infantryman with the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Baker joined the Army in June 2010. After training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he arrived at Fort Polk in October 2010. Baker deployed with his unit in November 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Baker’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the NATO Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

Baker is survived by his mother and stepfather.

Also killed in the attack was 21-year-old Private First Class Gil I. Morales Del Valle of Jacksonville, Florida.