Baker, John Drayton, ENS

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Last Rank
Ensign

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1941-1942, 131X, VF-42 Green Pawns

Service Years
1941 - 1942

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Personal Details

Home State

New Jersey

New Jersey

Year of Birth
1915

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Home Town Plainfield, NJ	Last Address Plainfield, NJ

Casualty Date May 07, 1942
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines	Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)

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U.S.S. Baker (DE-190)

U.S.S. Baker (DE-190...

Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Bombardment - Marshall and Gilbert Islands
From Month/Year February / 1942	To Month/Year February / 1942
Description Two carrier task forces (Vice Adm. W. F. Halsey and Rear Adm. F. J. Fletcher) and a bombardment group (Rear Adm. R. A. Spruance), totaling 2 aircraft carriers, 5 cruisers, and 10 destroyers, attack Kwajalein, Wotje, Maloelap, Jaluit, and Mili in the Marshall Islands and Makin, Gilbert Islands. United States naval vessels damaged: Carrier ENTERPRISE (CV-6), by suicide bomber, Marshall- Gilberts raid, Heavy cruiser CHESTER (CA-27), by dive bomber, Marshall- Gilberts raid,

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From Month/Year February / 1942	To Month/Year February / 1942

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

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Ansley, Harry Claude, PO1, (1937-1942)

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Ault, William Bowen, CDR, (1917-1942)

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Best, Richard H., LCDR, (1932-1944)

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Clark, Joseph James, ADM, (1917-1953)

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Cook, Abner Ray, CAPT, (1940-1968)

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Craig, David Bruce, PO3, (1940-1942)

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Dexter, James Campbell, ENS, (1937-1942)

Doherty, John Joseph, ENS, (1940-1942)

Donaldson, Lyle Leland, MCPO, (1940-1975)

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