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Personal info

Full name
BAIRD, Arthur Thomas
Date of birth
29 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bolivar, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bolivar, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33673078
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Near Vesoul, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 17 34

Immediate family

Members
George A. Baird (father)
Annie R. (Boring) Baird (mother)
Blair Baird (sister)
Helen I. Baird (sister)
Merle E. Baird (brother)
Anna G. Baird (sister)
George L. Baird (brother)
Donald E. Baird (brother)
Catherine J. Baird (sister)
Leona M. Baird (sister)
Alice C. (Roby) Baird (wife)
Kathleen H. Baird (daughter)

More information

Sgt Arthur T. Baird was married to Alice Clara Roby on 13 June 1942.

He enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 17 May 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson, R & S