World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Jack Myer Baker
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Charleston, West Virginia
Honored By
The Maguran Family
ENLISTED FEBRUARY, 1942, IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND SPENT 14 MONTHS IN ENGLAND PRIOR TO HIS ASSIGNMENT IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. AS A CAPTAIN IN THE AIR FORCE 6TH RADAR CALIBRATION DETACHMENT SIGNAL CORPS, HE GAVE HIS LIFE IN A PLANE CRASH AUGUST 16, 1944, IN THE ALASKA. HE WAS LOST AND BURIED AT SEA AND HAS A MARKER IN SPRINGHILL CEMETERY IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.