Background
BAKER, Lester David was born on September 4, 1883 in New York City. Son of Charles H. and Alice R. (Lockwood) Baker.
BAKER, Lester David was born on September 4, 1883 in New York City. Son of Charles H. and Alice R. (Lockwood) Baker.
Wesleyan Academy, 1901. Tufts College, 1903; West Point, 1908. Ecole Spéciale Militaire, St. Cyr, France, 1920.
United States Infantry. School, 1922; General Staff School, 1927.
H. Second Lieutenant, Philippine Islands, 1908-1909. Canadian Border. Fort Wayne, Michigan, 1909-1912. Aide de Camp, Commanding General, Second Brigade, Mexico Border Mobilization, 1912-1913.
Aide de Camp, Commanding Officer, Pacific Coast Defense, San Francisco, California, 1913-1914 and to General Wisser. Commanding Hawaiian Department, Honolulu, T. 1914-1916. First Lieutenant, Captain and Major (temporary) Second United States Infantry., Honolulu.
Territory of Hawaii, 1917. Adjutant. Fourteenth Division., Camp Custer, Michigan, with rank of Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) and Army War College, 18. With American Forces in Germany, Expeditionary Force, France, 19.
Duty with 18 Infantry. at Fort Slocum, New York, 1922-1923. Organized Reserves, Rochester, New York War Department Executive, 391 Infantry., 1923-1926. Military Attache American Embassy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1927-1931.
Chairman Committee for Repatriation Prisoners, Paraguay, Bolivian Conflict in Chaco, Boreal, Bolivian-Paraguayan Frontier, 1929, for Washington Commission of Investigation and Conciliation BolivianParaguayan Conflict of 1928.
Member: Masons; Delta Tau Delta. Sons of the American Revolution. Founder and Patriots Society.
Spouse Beatrice Fraser, January 1, 1919, Honolulu, T.