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BAKER, Robert Leslie - Date of
birth
27 March 1916 -
Age
28 -
Place of birth
Broadway, Union County, Ohio -
Hometown
Marion, Marion County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35225726 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
168th Engineer Combat Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
15 January 1945 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 15 | 19 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Jesse O. Baker (father)
Essie R. (Von Derau) Baker (mother)
Jean Baker (sister)
Wilton C. Baker (brother)
Barbara Baker (sister)
Helen F. (Humes) Baker (wife)
Joyce A. Baker (daughter)
Robert W. Baker (son)
More information
Pfc Robert L. Baker graduated from Harding High School. He was employed at the Marion Steam Shovel Company before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 5 August 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.Pfc Baker was reported missing in action since 21 December 1944. While never having been listed as a prisoner of war, word has been received from members of his outfit, who were liberated, stated that he was a prisoner in the Wittlick prison camp in Germany. When he was last seen by his buddies, they reported to the family, he was being treated by the Germans for an illness.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Trefla Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - Marysville Journal Tribune - 28 December 1945, www.newspapers.com - The Marion Star - 27 December 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V Drachman