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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