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Personal info

Full name
BAKER, Manuel S
Date of birth
25 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Hometown
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
6825839
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
Nordheim-Westfalen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 10 49

Immediate family

Members
Henry Baker (father)
Frederick Hellinger (stepfather)
Amelia (Maerk) Baker (mother)
Conrad R. Baker (brother)
Marie Baker (sister)
Medelyn Baker (sister)
Annabelle Baker (sister)
Paul E. Hellinger (half brother)
George Hellinger (half brother)
Charles C. Hellinger (half brother)
Anna L. (Grandpre) Baker (wife)
William O. Baker (son)
Robert V. Baker (son)

More information

1st Sgt Manuel S. Baker attended Flint Northern High School and was employed at the College Inn Cafe.

His half brother, Sgt Paul Hellinger, was killed in action in January 1945

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - Flint Journal 9 February 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton - www.ancestry.com