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Personal info

Full name
BAXTER, Robert Lee
Date of birth
10 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee
Hometown
Rutherford County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34920215
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Between Bütgenbach and Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 40 2

Immediate family

Members
James Baxter (father)
Lacey Baxter (mother)
Lucille Baxter (sister)
Aubrey Baxter (brother)
H.G. Baxter (brother)
Mildred Baxter (sister)
James Baxter (brother)
Mattie L. (Rutherford) Baxter (wife)
Jessie Lee Baxter (son)
James R. Baxter (son)
John E. Baxter (son)
Gary W. Baxter (son)

More information

Pfc Robert L. Baxter enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 2 December 1943. He was employed at Smyrna Army Air Field. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Record, 1930/1940 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten