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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Joy Vernon
Date of birth
16 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Gonzales County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38702055
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ostheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 35 26

Immediate family

Members
Myrtle Baker (mother)

More information

Pvt Joy V. Baker enlisted At Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 6 October 1944.

His initial burial took place on Saint Avold Cemetery, Metz, France.

Picture of Marker is taken on Leesville Cemetery, Gonzalez County, Texas.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.govwww.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, www.findagrave.com - Bill and Denise
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Bill and Denise