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Details for Robert Baker, Jr.

Rank:Unit:Branch of Service:Enlistment Date:
Corporal Tail gunner

Army Air Corps
Jul 29, 1943
Baker, Jr.
Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-19-1944
 
Date of Birth:Place of Birth:Date of Death - Place:Age at death:
About 1914Sumter, SC10/17/1944 - Near Ukiah, OR30

Family Information Prior to 1947
Parent Name and Address:
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baker
800 Bromley Rd.
Charlotte, NC
Sibling Name and Address:
Bunnie Baker
Charlotte, NC
Ida Baker
Charlotte, NC
Joanne Baker
Charlotte, NC
Mrs. Conrad Purvis
Sampson, NY
Mrs. James Brown
Walla Walla, WA
Mrs. R. C. Richardson
Charlotte, NC
Mrs. R. M. Killingsworth
Myrtle Beach, SC
Mrs. Willard R. Smith
Bryn Athyn, PA

Military Posts/Deployments:
Harlingen, TX
Keesler Field, MS
Ukiah, OR
Walla Walla, WA
Employers:
Baker Sales Co. with his father
Other Affiliations:
member of Temple Israel, W. 7th St., Charlotte
moved to Charlotte in about 1930
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services:
Killed in an airplane crash near Ukiah, Oregon.
Funeral service at Hovis Chapel on 10/25/44.
Burial in Sumter, SC with military services.
Memorial service at Tabernacle ARP Church on May 26, 1946 and at Temple Israel on May 3, 1946.
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