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Fred Lee Baker

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Fred Lee Baker

Birth
Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
Death
17 Jul 2001 (aged 71)
Kentucky, USA
Burial
Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section S Site 376
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Fred Lee Baker was in Jessamine County, KY. and was the son of Mary Overstreet Baker and Henry Baker. Husband of Laura Batts Baker.Father of Lee Ann Crawford,Zanita Guillroy,Shana Prit-chett,Howard Baker

He was the head chef for U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. He was responsible for all meals served on Air Force One from 1968-1974.
Fred Baker retired in 1974 when President Nixon's term ended. He had been a cook in the Air Force for 23 years prior to cooking for U.S. presidents. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was also a cook at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Leestown Road in Lexington, KY for a decade; a part-time limousine driver; and a produce company employee
Fred Baker learned to cook while he was enlisted, attending cooking school at Fort Knox, KY, and graduating 3rd in his class.
Fred Lee Baker was in Jessamine County, KY. and was the son of Mary Overstreet Baker and Henry Baker. Husband of Laura Batts Baker.Father of Lee Ann Crawford,Zanita Guillroy,Shana Prit-chett,Howard Baker

He was the head chef for U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. He was responsible for all meals served on Air Force One from 1968-1974.
Fred Baker retired in 1974 when President Nixon's term ended. He had been a cook in the Air Force for 23 years prior to cooking for U.S. presidents. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was also a cook at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Leestown Road in Lexington, KY for a decade; a part-time limousine driver; and a produce company employee
Fred Baker learned to cook while he was enlisted, attending cooking school at Fort Knox, KY, and graduating 3rd in his class.

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US AIR FORCE

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KOREA, VIETNAM



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