William Jessamin Baker
"Bill"
US Navy Reserve | Service Number 136085
June 11, 1915
in Cambridge, MA
Nathaniel Baker
Elizabeth Marguerita (Jessamin) Baker
Cambridge High School (1932)
Tufts University (1936)
Harvard Medical School
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July 1, 1943
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December 31, 1943
from Camp Elliott
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August 1, 1946
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Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines
Rank: Lieutenant (j.g.)
MOS: Assistant surgeon
Outfit: HQ/1/24th Marines
Rank: Lieutenant (j.g.)
MOS: Assistant surgeon
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July 8, 1944 – wounded in action
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Post-War Life
After training at the VA in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, William Baker, MD, moved to Laconia, New Hampshire, becoming the first board-certified general surgeon in the entire state (excluding the city of Dartmouth). His long career extended into the 1980s, during which time he was a charter member of the Northeast Medical Association, pushed for helmet and seatbelt legislation in New Hampshire, and worked with a team of breast cancer survivors in a precursor to the Reach for Recovery network. Throughout his life, he was a strong proponent of injury prevention as the best medicine, and instilled his values in his children, some of whom became doctors themselves.