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Personal info

Full name
BALDWIN, Myrl Foster
Date of birth
23 September 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Star, Ada County, Idaho
Hometown
Yakima County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39187578
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Schafberg, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 35

Immediate family

Members
Clark M. Baldwin (father)
Lydia Baldwin (mother)
Gerald Baldwin (brother)
Ronald C. Baldwin (brother)

More information

Pfc Myrl F. Baldwin was a fruit and vegetable grader and packer.

He enlisted in Tacoma, Washington on 27 August 1942 and joined his unit from the 41st Replacement Battalion on 31 July 1944.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.abmc.gov, http://aad.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Wilfried de Backer, Rena L. Guy - great niece