World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William Baker Hinkel
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED SERVICE NOVEMBER 11, 1942. SELECTED FOR THE NAVAL AVIATION CADET PROGRAM. COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN THE NAVAL RESERVE AND RECEIVED HIS BALLOON PILOT WINGS AT LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY AT THE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR TRAINING AND OPERATING BASE IN 1944. ASSIGNED TO A BLIMP SQUADRON FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL DUTY.