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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Leonard
Date of birth
2 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Johnston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Ingrams, Johnston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34457047
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
North of Nothum, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 17

Immediate family

Members
Archie M. Baker (father)
Lalon (Johnson) Baker (mother)
Beatress Baker (sister)
Nellie Baker (sister)
Essie Baker (sister)
Vader Baker (brother)
Odis Baker (brother)
Virginia (Mincey) Baker (wife)

More information

Pfc Leonard Baker worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 14 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / North Carolina Marriage Records / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski - Jerry Rogers