Baker, Glen Otis, CGM

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Last Rate
Chief Gunners Mate
Last Primary NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate
Primary Unit
1942-1943, GM-0000, USS Runner (SS-275)
Service Years
1930 - 1943
GM-Gunner's Mate
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Home State
Indiana
Indiana
Year of Birth
1913
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Madison, IN
Last Address
San Diego, CA

Casualty Date
Jul 11, 1943
 
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 5 (cenotaph)

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 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


The USS (SS-275) Runner left on her patrol for the Kurile Islands on 27 May 1943, and was never heard from again. She may have struck an enemy mine or sunk as a result of an air/sea attack. Declared overdue and presumed lost, she was stricken from the Navy list on 30 October 1943. CGM Baker was listed as missing in action and later declared dead.

   
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Service number: 2931570

   
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GM-Gunner's Mate

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January / 1942

To Month/Year
May / 1942

Unit
SUBBASE Coco Solo, Panama Unit Page

Rank
Gunner's Mate 1st Class

NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

State/Country
Not Specified
 
 
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 SUBBASE Coco Solo, Panama Details

SUBBASE Coco Solo, Panama

Type
Communications
 

Parent Unit
NAVSUBASE

Strength
Base

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Last Updated: Jun 24, 2018
   
   
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8 Members Also There at Same Time
SUBBASE Coco Solo, Panama

Lonas, John Peyton, CPO, (1934-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hansen, Louis, CPO TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Oneal, Roy Lester, PO3, (1942-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
O'Meara, William Alexander, PO2, (1940-1943) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 3rd Class
Burrell, David Lee, PO1, (1935-1943) COX COX-0000 Coxswain
Parr, Thomas Sherman, PO2, (1936-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Boychulk, Thomas, S2c, (1941-1942) AS AS-0000 Apprentice Seaman
Hawkins, William Paul, PO2, (1942-1945) AS AS-0000 Apprentice Seaman

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