MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Baker, Wendell Joseph

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Baker ​

• FORENAME

Wendell Joseph​

• UNIT

2 Bn (Blue Combat Team) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

37123924 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th May 1944 ​

• AGE

34 ​

• GRAVESITE

Riverview Cemetery, Chamberlain, Brule County, South Dakota ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Brule County, South Dakota​

born 25.11.1909 Brule, South Dakota, USA​

father Joseph Baker (1884-1972)​

mother Mamie Jane (nee Newell) Baker (1879-1947)​

resided Chamberlain, Brule County, South Dakota (draft card)​

16.10.1940 draft card Pukwana, South Dakota (shows D.O.B. 25.11.1910)​

06.05.1942 entered service​

died of typhus at 14 Evacuation Hospital (India ?) ​

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