The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Samuel Castner Baxter
Rank
Captain, U.S. Air Force
Unit
6148 TAC CONTROL SQ
Date of Death
November 14, 1951
Captain Baxter was the pilot of a AT-6D Mosquito observation aircraft with the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron, 6147th Tactical Air Control Group. On November 14, 1951, while flying an air-ground control mission, his aircraft was shot down by enemy machine gun fire. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.