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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, George Jr
Date of birth
21 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37744406
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Horbourg Wihr-en-Plaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 5 9

Immediate family

Members
George L. Baker (father)
Ada A. (Waybourn) Baker (mother)
Betty L. Baker (sister)
Earl C. Baker (brother)
Pauline Baker (wife)

More information

Pvt George J. Baker graduated from Central High School and was a truck driver employed by the Union Wire & Rope Corp.

He enlisted on 27 May 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / 1930/1940 Census, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy