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Personal info

Full name
BAXTER, Edward Osborn
Date of birth
15 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Eads, Kiowa County, Colorado
Hometown
Eads, Kiowa County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37704410
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
771st Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 8 22

Immediate family

Members
Roy F. Baxter (father)
Lenervie L. (Hampshire) Baxter (mother)
Elmer F. Baxter (brother)
Dorothy Baxter (sister)

More information

Edward Baxter attended high school for one year and was a chauffeur before he enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 10 August 1943.

The exact date on which Pvt Baxter was reported injured and the location where he died is not known. At the time of his death, his unit was involved in the fighting east of Hannover, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten