Korean War
Rank | Civilian |
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Date of Death | September 2 1952 |
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Mister Baker was posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom by the U.S. Army.
Notes
Mister Baker was a Director of the American Red Cross serving in Korea. On September 2, 1952, while interviewing a soldier in a front line unit under heavy, enemy mortar and artillery fire he was killed.