US PARAS Baker, Edward Freeman, Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Baker ​

• FORENAME

Edward Freeman, Jr ​

• UNIT

504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

33620075 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

28th September 1944 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Allentown Cemetery, LeHigh County, Pennsylvania Section R Site 2476 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from LeHigh County, Pennsylvania​

born 26.01.1924 Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Edward Freeman Baker (1898-1968)​

mother Florence Irene (nee Horn) Baker (1897-1951)​

1940 graduated Allentown High School (4 years high school)​

employed Call-Chronicle Newspapers in advertising department​

employed by Mack Manufacturing Corporation in Maintenance Department​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card Allentown, Pennsylvania​

17.03.1943 entered service Allentown, Pennsylvania​

WIA Anzio (back wounds due grenade)​

KIA Ooijpolder-Erlecom-Zandpol, Holland ​

​