WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jack B. Baker, 19, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for July 28, 2025.
In 1950, Baker was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was reported missing in action Sept. 5, in the vicinity of Taegu, South Korea after his unit encountered enemy combatants. He was never reported as a prisoner of war and subsequent searches of the battlefield failed to recover his remains. Lacking evidence of continued survival, the U.S. Army issued a presumptive finding of death of Dec. 31, 1953.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Baker's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.
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