From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)

Rickman, Myrtle Baker

(born: January 27, 1920 - died: April 17, 2012)

Subject

Women's Army Corps (WACs)

Migration North

Migration South

Military and Veterans

World War II

U.S. Army

Military Branch

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

Women's Army Corps

Active Duty Entered

December 15, 1942

Exit Rank

Private First Class

Notes

Myrtle Baker was born in Burkesville, KY, the daughter of Martha J. Elliott and Henry Clay Baker. Her father died in 1926. The family is enumerated in the 1930 U.S. Census. They were living in Gallatin, TN when enumerated in the 1940 U.S. Census. In 1942, Myrtle Baker enlisted in the Army at Fort Oglethorpe, GA, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. Myrtle Baker Rickman died in Marion, IN and is buried in the Marion National Cemetery.

Sources: Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; U.S. Veteran's Gravesites in Ancestry; Myrtle Baker Rickman at Find A Grave; and Henry Clay Baker, Kentucky Death Certificate File #12647, Registered #12 (Ancestry).