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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Joe D
Date of birth
22 October 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Decatur County, Tennessee
Hometown
Decatur County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34366798
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Büssbach-Münsterbusch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 10 31

Immediate family

Members
Elmer S. Baker (father)
Jonnie L. Baker (mother)
Limie F. Baker (sister)
Elco Baker (brother)
Fannie M. Baker (sister)
Eskew N. Baker (brother)
Joicy P. Baker (sister)

More information

Pfc Joe Baker was a farmer.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 26 August 1942 and was a veteran of the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy and Belgium.

He was was awarded the Silver Star Medal a first time on 6 June 1944. On 21 September he was posthumously awarded the Oakleaf Cluster to his Silver Star for gallantry in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.16thinfantry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Facebook