World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William J. Baker
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cambridge, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
Served as a Lieutenant junior grade and as a Medical Officer attached to the Second Battalion, Twenty-Fourth Marines, Fourth Marine Division, during operations against the enemy on Saipan and Tinian, Mariana Islands during June to August 1944. Awarded the silver star for gallantry in action and the purple heart.