World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James Mendel Baker
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Phoenix, Arizona
Honored By
Betty I. Baker
Relationship
Aunt-in-law
JOINED THE MARINES 1941. WAS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WHEN JAPANESE BOMBED PEARL HARBOR. WAS INJURED IN ACTION IN 1943 IN TARAWA IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS. SUBSEQUENTLY DIED OF HIS INJURIES AND IS BURIED IN HONOLULU, HAWAII.