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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Dwight Dewain
Date of birth
6 April 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Peebles, Adams County, Ohio
Hometown
Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35087303
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Dortmund, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 3 13

Immediate family

Members
Nathan L. Baker (father)
Alberta (Stomberg) Baker (mother)
Ann Baker (sister)
Eleanor M. (Beaver) Baker (wife)
Eleanor Baker (daughter)

More information

Pfc Dwight D. Baker attended Springfield High School and was employed at the Delco Company.

He enlisted in May 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.newspapers.com - Dayton Daily News 24 April 1945, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Niek Schoonbrood, Springfield News-Sun - 15 May 1945