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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Albert W
Date of birth
18 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Neshaminy Falls, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33938669
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Munster, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 59

Immediate family

Members
John Baker (father)
Elizabeth Baker (mother)
Frank Baker (brother)
Catherine S. Baker (wife)
Albert W. Baker Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Albert W. Baker attended high school for one year and was employed at the Philadelphia Wood Heel Factory before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 10 May 1944.

He died in a field hospital from wounds to his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files

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