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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Harper Eugene
Date of birth
31 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
York Springs, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
East Berlin, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33939828
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bliesransbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 40

Immediate family

Members
Maurice E. Baker (father)
Annie D. Baker (mother)
Glenn E. Baker (brother)
Emory W. Baker (brother)
George B. Baker (brother)
Ruth I. Baker (sister)
Marie C. (Small) Baker (wife)
Phyllis M. Baker (daughter)
Harper E. Baker Jr. (son)
Robert L. Baker (son)
Gloria J. Baker (daughter)

More information

Pvt Harper E. Baker worked on a farm before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 19 May 1944.
He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.archive.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery