Details for Robert Baker, Jr.| Rank: | Unit: | Branch of Service: | Enlistment Date: | | Corporal |
Tail gunner
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Army Air Corps
| Jul 29, 1943 |
|  Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-19-1944
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| Date of Birth: | Place of Birth: | Date of Death - Place: | Age at death: | | About 1914 | Sumter, SC | 10/17/1944 - Near Ukiah, OR | 30 |
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| Family Information Prior to 1947 |
| Parent Name and Address: | Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baker 800 Bromley Rd. Charlotte, NC | |
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| 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 | |
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| Military Posts/Deployments: | | Harlingen, TX | | Keesler Field, MS | | Ukiah, OR | | Walla Walla, WA |
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| Employers: | | Baker Sales Co. with his father |
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| Other Affiliations: | | member of Temple Israel, W. 7th St., Charlotte | | moved to Charlotte in about 1930 |
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| | 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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| More Information Available? | | No additional information is available. |
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