From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
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).
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).
Kentucky County & Region
Read about Cumberland County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Kentucky Place (Town or City)
Read about Burkesville, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Item Relations
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Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Rickman, Myrtle Baker,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed September 21, 2023, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004501.
Last modified: 2023-05-10 16:43:01