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Personal info

Full name
BAHAM, Tony
Date of birth
14 May 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38173919
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 January 1946
Place of death
Near Bischwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Ferdinand W. Baham (father)
Matilda (Rushing) Baham (mother)
Rebecca Baham (sister)
Clara Baham (sister)
Mattie R. Baham (sister)
Angelina Baham (sister)
Carlean Baham (sister)
Serina Baham (sister)
Edward Baham (brother)

More information

Pfc Tony Baham was employed at the Cresecent Paper Box Company.

He enlisted in Camp Livingston, Louisiana on 12 June 1942.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Bischwiller, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – R & S