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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, James W
Date of birth
29 November 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Okaloosa County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34795258
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 23 43

Immediate family

Members
Lois J. Baker (wife)

More information

Pvt James W. Baker enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida on 28 October 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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