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Personal info

Full name
BAUMAN, James Kresge
Date of birth
16 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33845955
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Waldgassen – Wherden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 14 20

Immediate family

Members
George Bauman (father)
Lottie (Kresge) Baumann (mother)
Florence M. Bauman (sister)
George F. Bauman (brother)
Allan M. Bauman (brother)
Anna E. Bauman (sister)
Ruth E. Bauman (sister)
Dorothy M. (Palmer) Bauman (wife)
Douglas J. Bauman (son)
Michael G. Bauman (son)

More information

Pfc James K. Bauman worked as a printer before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 16 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census/1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

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