James Clifford Baxter
Shot by police officer
Homicide: Shot in back by a Marshall who attempted to question him about his military status. Baxter ran and the officer opened fire.
U.S. Army: Fort Sill, OK
“from The Ogden Standard Examiner
Wednesday Evening, August 9, 1944
BRIGHAM SOLIDER REPORTED KILLED
BRIGHAM CITY, Aug. 9–Mrs. Beth Baxter, Brigham City, had been informed today her husband, Pvt. James Clifford Baxter, was killed while serving with the field artillery at Fort Sill, Okla., on Aug. 1. Pvt. Baxter was born on July 1, 1918, at Toledo, Ohio, a son of James R. and Margie Baxter. He was reared and educated in Ohio, and in 1940 married Beth Christensen, Brigham City. He was inducted into the army in February of 1943, and had been stationed at Fort Still. Surviving besides his widow are three sons, Charles John and Paul, Brigham City; his father, Toledo, Ohio, his mother, Mrs. Julius Paulik, San Mateo, Calif., and the following brothers and sisters: Richard Baxter, Brunswick, Ga., Anthony Baxter, San Mateo, Calif.; Mrs. Glen Johnson, San Francisco, Calif. and Katherine Ann Baxter, Toledo, Ohio. The body will be brought to the mortuary in Brigham City and it is planned to conduct funeral services Thursday.” – Find A Grave