US PARAS Baker, Joseph Shelton

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Baker ​

• FORENAME

Joseph Shelton ​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

14009560 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th December 1944 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Section 3, Lot 160, Grave 1​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina​

born 08.02.1923, Georgia, USA​

father Lonnie Baker (1882-1965)​

mother Amanda (nee Davis) Baker (1901-1963)​

grammar school education​

employed local florist​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

22.08.1940 entered service Charlotte, North Carolina​

died 20.12.1944 (according to his family)​

KIA Belgium ​

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