Baker, Bradley Locke Jr

Rank: Private

Unit: Troop C, 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)

Awards: Purple Heart

Entered service: 16-Apr-1943

Enlisted: Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Enlisted by: Army of the United States – includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of the United States under Army Regulations 605-10

Date of birth: 9-Feb-1923

Hometown: Merrimack County,New Hampshire

Marital status: Single, without dependents. Parents: Bradley Locke Baker and Eleanor Richmond [Hammond] Baker

Campaign: World War II

Date of casualty: 17-Apr-1945

Age at death: 22

Cause of death: Killed in action.

Place of interment: Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport, Massachusetts, USA

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