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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Leonard William
Date of birth
13 January 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Lyon Mountain, Clinton County, New York
Hometown
St. Lawrence County, New York

Military service

Service number
42122543
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the the vicinity of Simmern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 66

Immediate family

Members
Willard Baker (father)
Zelda Baker (mother)
Raymond Baker (brother)
Francis Baker (brother)
Freemont Baker (brother)
Willard Baker (brother)
Mitchell Baker (brother)
Lillian Baker (sister)
Catherine Baker (sister)
Ethel Baker (sister)
Mildred Baker (sister)
Beverly Baker (sister)
Jeannette Baker (sister)
Beatrice Baker (sister)
Irene L. (Clough) Baker (wife)
Donald Baker (son)
Richard Baker (son)
Patricia Baker (daughter)

More information

Pvt Leonard W. Baker attended high school for a year and was employed at Aluminum Company of America.

He enlisted in Utica, New York on 21 July 1944 and was sent overseas 1 February 1945.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / New York Birth Index, NYS Historical Newspapers - Plattsburgh press-Republican - 7 April 1945 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem