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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Constant John "Connie"
Date of birth
19 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Windsor County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31465626
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 71

Immediate family

Members
Konstantin Baker (father)
Sylvia (Visosky) Baker (mother)
Peter Baker (brother)
Mitchell A. Baker (brother)
Mary A. Baker (sister)
John A. Baker (brother)
Thomas A. Baker (brother)
Helen J. Baker (sister)
Stanley F. Baker (brother)
Elizabeth A. Baker (sister)
Rosalie (Shambo) Baker (wife)

More information

Pfc Constant J. Baker was a graduate of Windsor High School, Windsor, Vermont, and attended Vermont Junior College in Montpelier, Vermont. He was also an outstanding athlete during his high school years, captain of three sports and best remembered for the 1935 Vermont State Football Championship game when he played quarterback without a helmet.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 26 April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York - 4 April 1945, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Joy Riggers, Daystcar