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Personal info

Full name
BALDWIN, Marvin Albert
Date of birth
17 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Garfield County, Washington
Hometown
Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39462118
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
A Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Kirchhain, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 2 28

Immediate family

Members
Coil O. Baldwin (father)
Goldie L. (Armstrong) Baldwin (mother)
Clark O. Baldwin (brother)
Beatrice H. Baldwin (sister)
Thomas A. Baldwin (brother)
Margaret R. Baldwin (sister)
Dorothy (Broadhead) Baldwin (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Marvin A. Baldwin enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 12 February 1943.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Ittenbach, Germany on 31 March 1945. On 23 August 1945, he was reburied at Margraten in a temporary grave. He was disinterred on 15 September 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 16 September 1948. He was given his final resting place on 21 December 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries / Census, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Laura Phillips