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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Lester L
Date of birth
14 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Grayson County, Texas
Hometown
Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38537514
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon, 3rd Squad
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 21 21

Immediate family

Members
Auda R. Baker (father)
Bessie B. (Brown) Baker (mother)
Lorain Baker (brother)
Leon Baker (brother)
Iva J. Baker (sister)
Jessie Lee (fiance)

More information

S/Sgt Lester L. Baker worked on a farm before he enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1943 and sent overseas in August, 1944.

The IDPF of S/Sgt Baker mentions that he died of wounds in Kerkrade, Germany on 17 November 1944. Since Kerkrade is in The Netherlands, this information is wrong. Therefore the place were his unit fought on the given day is mentioned as the place of death. The only other explanation could be that he was wounded on an earlier date and that he was evacuated to Kerkrade, where he then died of his wounds.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.americandday.org, www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org/29div/reports, IDPF

Photo source: Joek Hulsmann, Christy Gregg