Addison E. Baker

World War II
Service #O-280827
UnitHeadquarters Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Ohio
Date of DeathAugust 1 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Medal of Honor (Air Force)
Purple Heart
Silver Star
Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Lieutenant Colonel Addison E. Baker were accounted for in 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Florence American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.