The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Walter Ray Baker
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
I CO 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
January 12, 1951
Corporal Baker was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on January 12, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.