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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, William Arthur
Date of birth
18 March 1910
Age
35
Place of birth
Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia
Hometown
Dormont Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33716099
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
135th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 26 18

Immediate family

Members
William P. Baker (father)
Mirinda A. (Smith) Baker (mother)
Geraldine N. Baker (sister)
Jessie M. (Owens) Baker (wife)
William A. Baker Jr. (son)
James R. Baker (son)

More information

Pvt William A. Baker attended high school for two years and was employed at the State Road Commission of West Virginia before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 12 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File WWII / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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