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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Kenneth N
Date of birth
16 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31187141
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
North of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Otis C. Baker (father)
Martha J. Baker (mother)
Clinton Baker (brother)
Jennie Baker (sister)
Otis C. Baker (brother)

More information

Cpl Kenneth N. Baker attended high school for one year and was employed at the Arlington Mill in Lawrence Massachusetts before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 30 October 1942.

He is remembered at the Elmwood Cemetery in Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Kelly A. Fox, www.armydivs.com/10th-armored-division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Kelly A. Fox