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Personal info

Full name
BABER, Curtis Burton
Date of birth
13 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Staunton, Virginia
Hometown
Beverley Manor, Augusta County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33660900
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Stoumont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 25

Immediate family

Members
Frank B. Baber (father)
Grace (Samples) Baber (mother)
Grace E. Baber (sister)
Charles H. Baber (brother)
Lorene (Hogan) Baber (wife)
Curtis B. Baber (son)
Becky Baber (daughter)
Brenda Baber (daughter)

More information

Pfc Curtis B. Baber enlisted in Staunton, Virginia pn 13 January 1943. He received his training at Camp Croft in South Carolina and later was transferred to Fort Meade, Maryland, where he remained until he was sent to New York.

He arrived overseas in July 1944.

His brother Charles Hunter Baber served in the Navy in the Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, WWIIMemorial.com, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.newspapers.com - The News Leader, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Card / 1930-1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, They Speak - The Voices of Henri-Chapelle