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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Jesse Thomas
Date of birth
31 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana
Hometown
Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35900471
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 30 39

Immediate family

Members
Jacob F. Baker (father)
Mahala E. (Brown) Baker (mother)
James W. Baker (brother)
Goldie P. Baker (sister)
Mary E. Baker (sister)
Orville D. Baker (brother)
Joseph S. Baker (brother)
William H. Baker (brother)
Margaret F. (Meek) Baker (wife)

More information

Pfc Jesse T. Baker attended college and was employed at the Cummins Engine Company before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 8 December 1943.

He is remembered at the Daugherty Cemetery in Walesboro, Bartholomew County, Indiana.

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, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Donna Kuhlman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Tanya Whited Sweet