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Personal info

Full name
BALDWIN, Frederick Vernon
Date of birth
7 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey
Hometown
Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
42039990
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 19 17

Immediate family

Members
Robert Baldwin (father)
Margaret L. (Locker) Baldwin (mother)
James Baldwin (brother)
George Baldwin (brother)
Audrey Baldwin (sister)

More information

His brother James also served in Europe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record, Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 11 May 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Times-Tribune - 14 August 1945 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott