Baker Second Class, United States Navy Service# 3684350
USS ASTORIA (CA-34)
Astoria-class heavy cruiser, commissioned April 28, 1934
Date of Enlistment: May 10, 1939 Home or Place of Enlistment: Payette, Idaho Date of Loss: August 9, 1942
Missing in Action after his ship was sunk by naval gunfire during operations against Imperial Japanese Forces at the Battle of Savo Island during the Solomon Islands/Guadalcanal Campaign .