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Personal info

Full name
BAXTER, Glen D
Date of birth
April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Cheyenne Ward, Laramie County, Wyoming
Hometown
Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37361268
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mercy-la-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 31 1

Immediate family

Members
Alva E. Baxter (father)
Julia C. (Perry) Baxter (mother)
John Baxter (brother)
Raymond Baxter (brother)
Arvid Baxter (brother)
Lawrence Baxter (brother)
Pearl Baxter (brother)
Rozaly F. (Kozely) Baxter (wife)

More information

Pvt Glen D. Baxter enlisted at Ft Logan, Colorado on 6 March 1944.
He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Limey Cemetery, Toul, France

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Shurtz Family Tree / / Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949

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