Baker, Frederick E

ARMY SEPARATION QUALIFICATION RECORD

WD AGO FORM 100

1 Jul 1945

Last Name: Baker

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First Name: Frederick

Middle Initial: E.

Serial Number: 13 144 518

Grade: T4/ Tec 4

Permanent Address: c/o Postmaster, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia

Date of Entry: 1943-03-15

Date of Separation: 1946-01-13

Date of Birth: 1924-02-08

Place of Separation: Separation Center, Ft. Geo. G. Meade, Md.

MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

(1) Months: 3

(1) Grade: Pvt

(1) Military Occupational Specialty : 521 Basic

(1) Notes: Infantry Basic Training

(2) Months: 29

(2) Grade: T4/ Tec 4

(2) Military Occupational Specialty : 805 Cryptographic Technician

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SUMMARY OF MILITARY OCCUPATIONS: Cryptographic Technician -- Enciphered and deciphered or encoded and decoded classified messages with the 3110th Signal Corps Service Battalion in France, using all types of cryptographic systems and equipment employed by the Army. Handled secret communications and maintained cryptographic files. Was capable of typing at a minimum of 25 words-per-minute.

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MILITARY EDUCATION: Code School, Camp Crowder, Missouri. Cryptographic Technician. Six weeks. Learned to use cryptographic systems.

CIVILIAN EDUCATION

Highest Completed Grade: 4 yrs H.S.

Degrees: Diploma

Year Left School: 1940

Name of Last School: Independence High School

Address of Last School: Independence, Virginia

Major Courses: Academic

OTHER TRAINING OR SCHOOLING

Course Name--Address--Date: Radio Repair National Defense School Washington, D. C.

Duration: 6 months 6 days wkly 8 hrs daily

CIVILIAN OCCUPATIONS: Bookkeeping Machine Operator -- Employed by the Grayson County National Bank in Virginia, from June, 1941 to July, 1942. Kept a complete and systematic set of records, of all business transactions, determining where the data was to be recorded, and using a bookkeeping machine to perform the recording in the proper books and special forms. Typed at 60 words-per-minute.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: None

Name of Discharging Officer: Sophus F. Peterson, 1st LT, AG