Clifford Ellis Baker | American Battle Monuments Commission

Korean War

Service #	O-971928
Unit	Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Division
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army
Date of Death	March 7 1953
Status	Missing In Action
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 4 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Division

Korean Service Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Purple Heart

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Republic of Korea War Service Medal

United Nations Service Medal

Combat Infantryman Badge

First Lieutenant Baker was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Notes

First Lieutenant Baker was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Division. On March 7, 1953, he was flying an observation mission over enemy lines in North Korea near the Imjin River, when his aircraft was hit by enemy fire. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on March 8, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.