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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Robert C
Date of birth
1 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Endicott, Broome County, New York
Hometown
Candor, Tioga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32939250
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 52

Immediate family

Members
Carl L. Baker (father)
Myrtle V. (Anderson) Baker (mother)
Margaret L. Baker (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert C. Baker attended high school for 3 years and was a driver before he enlisted in Binghampton, New York on 28 July 1943.

He died of his wounds in a hospital in Luxembourg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dunstone Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Dearyl Doty Hollaway, https://www.facebook.com - Candor Historical Society

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, https://www.facebook.com - Candor Historical Society