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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Herbert Richard "Dick"
Date of birth
19 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Iredell County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34890640
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 26 15

Immediate family

Members
Robert H. Baker Sr. (father)
Annie A. (Copening) Baker (mother)
Margaret Baker (sister)
Robert H. Baker Jr. (brother)
Albert F. Baker (brother)
Helen C. Baker (sister)
Ruth C. Baker (sister)

More information

Sgt Herbert R. Baker was a student of Davidson College of the Class of 1946 when he enlisted on 13 August 1943 at Camp Croft in South Carolina.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. Avold, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S.,
Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Hearn Family Tree / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Charlotte-Mecklenburg library / Davidson College annuals

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Charlotte-Mecklenburg library / Davidson College annuals