Baker, Glen Otis, CGM

Fallen

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Service Details

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

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

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.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 2931570

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1942-1942, GM-0000, Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA

From Month/Year May / 1942	To Month/Year July / 1942
Unit Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA Unit Page
Rank Gunner's Mate 1st Class	NEC GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA Details
	Renamed Norfolk Navy Yard in 1862
	Type Communications
	Parent Unit Naval Yards	Strength Base
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jun 24, 2018

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA

Simon, Harry, PO1, (1938-1943)	GM	GM-00TM	Petty Officer Second Class
Landres, Leo Allen, CPO, (1928-1943)	MO	MO-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Short, William Edward, PO1, (1940-1945)	TM	TM-0000	Torpedoman 1st Class
Fisher, Richard Kirk, PO1, (1940-1943)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Glazier, John Francis, PO2, (1941-1944)	S1c	S1c-0000	Seaman First Class
Lamothe, Joseph Norman, PO3, (1942-1945)	S2c	S2c-0000	Seaman Second Class
George, Harry Alexander, F1c, (1942-1944)	F3c	F3c-0000	Fireman 3rd Class
Niedwrski, Jacob, PO3, (1940-1943)	F2c	F2c-0000	Fireman Second Class