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Personal info

Full name
BAUMANN, Jay Wieland
Date of birth
6 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
Hometown
Madison County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37474331
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 18 13

Immediate family

Members
Johann G. Baumann (father)
Minnie L. (Fuhrman) Baumann (mother)
Dolores B. Baumann (sister)
Gordon Baumann (brother)

More information

Sgt Jay W. Baumann attended Norfolk High School and was employed as the chief announcer for the radio station, WJAG form Norfolk, Nebraska.
He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied radio engineering at Ohio State University.
Sgt Baumann is remembered with a memorial marker at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Norfolk High School Yearbook 1946, www.findagrave.com - Gene Hutson