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PFC Rufus Samuel Baker Veteran

Birth: 31 Jan 1896
Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 29 Oct 1918 (aged 22)
Iowa, USA
Burial: New Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery

Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.1566556, Longitude: -86.0133917
Memorial ID: 88396196 View Source

Son of George W. and Elizabeth Baker. Enlisted in US Army on 4/11/1917 in Columbus, IN. Sent to Ft. William H. Seward in Alaska. Assigned to Company F, 14th Infantry. Transferred to Ft. Lawton, WA. Assigned to Company A, 14th Infantry. From there he went to Ft. Dodge, IA, where he died of pneumonia.

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