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Personal info

Full name
BAXTER, Ralph R Jr
Date of birth
7 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
O1310664
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 27 12

Immediate family

Members
Ralph R. Baxter (father)
Ella J. (Besch) Baxter (mother)
Delphine Baxter (sister)
Elouise C. Baxter (sister)
Franklin A. Baxter (brother)
Barbara M. Baxter (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Ralph R. Baxter Jr. enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 5 December 1941.
He attended high school for 4 years and was a manager 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, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / California Birth Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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