US PARAS Baker, Elmer Joshua

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Baker ​

• FORENAME

Elmer Joshua​

• UNIT

505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

20462417 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

5th October 1944 ​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA. Section 43, Lot 9 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hinds County, Mississippi​

born 20.10.1923, Pisgah, Mississippi, USA​

father William Alexander Baker (1888-1965)​

mother Erma D. (nee Goolsby) Baker (1896-1973)​

2 years high school​

civil occupation Actor​

Mississippi National Guard​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

25.11.1940 entered service Jackson, Mississippi​

1942 married Naomi Ruth (nee Keyser)​

served Sicily, France & Holland​

KIA Plakseweg, Holland ​

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