Richard LeRoy Baker was born 19 August 1918 in Rock Elm, Wisconsin. He married Marion Helen Hicks on 31 August 1940 in Decorah, Iowa. He died 23 June 1993 in West Salem, Wisconsin.
He served in the Navy during World War II and Korean War. He was a police officer with the La Crosse Police Department.
Sources
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF2Z-2SV : accessed 26 February 2020), Richard L Baker in household of Ernest F Baker, Rock Elm, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 169, sheet 6A, line 15, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2009; FHL microfilm 1,822,009.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9QT-P7P : accessed 26 February 2020), Richard Baker in household of Earnest F Baker, La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 3A, line 6, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2579; FHL microfilm 2,342,313.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7NN-ZPB : 29 July 2019), Richard Baker in household of Ernest Baker, Ward 10, La Crosse, La Crosse City, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32-24A, sheet 4B, line 55, family 89, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4490.
"Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V836-BTP : 12 December 2014), Richard L Baker, 23 Jun 1993; from "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing certificate number 018408, , LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Health, Madison.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYVL-MZ7 : 20 May 2014), Richard L Baker, 23 Jun 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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