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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Earl Edward "Buster"
Date of birth
22 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Bloomington, McClean County, Illinois
Hometown
Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Military service

Service number
W2121060
Rank
Warrant Officer Junior Grade
Function
Assistant Ammunition Officer
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 75

Immediate family

Members
Harriet K. Baker (mother)
Kay Baker (sister)

More information

Earl Baker graduated from Bakersfield High School and attended Bakersfield Junior College and was a clerk.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 10 July 1941.

According to a newspaper article in the Bakersfield Californian WOJG Baker died of a head wound, sustained on 17 December 1944. The exact location where he died is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - The Bakersfield Californian, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Bakersfield Californian, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate