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Personal info

Full name
BAXTER, Vernon E
Date of birth
8 February 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia
Hometown
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15172503
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 April 1945
Place of death
Near Donauwörth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 20 28

Immediate family

Members
Ethel Baxter (mother)
Blayne Baxter (brother)
Lucille W. Baxter (wife)
Mary E. Baxter (daughter)

More information

T/5 Vernon E. Baxter joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

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