PVT. Baker, William Judson
Service number: 39048642
Age: 19
Born: 17 May 1925 Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
Hometown: May 17, 1925, Berkeley, California, USA
Family:
Ralph Waldo Baker (father)
Maude Willis (nee Owens) Baker (mother)
Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: October 2o, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Griendtsveen, Horst aan de Maas Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Spot: Field Hospital near Griendtsveen, Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Block B-1, Row 770, Grave 5 (unmarked)
Cemetery:
Sunset View Cemetery
El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California, USA
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on March 15, 1944, Presidio of Monterey, California.
Other information:
Interred in El Cerrito, Nov. 14, 1947. There is no grave marker for PVT. Baker. He is in the plot #6 next to his father.
PVT. Baker, William Judson
Service number: 39048642
Age: 19
Born: 17 May 1925 Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
Hometown: May 17, 1925, Berkeley, California, USA
Family:
Ralph Waldo Baker (father)
Maude Willis (nee Owens) Baker (mother)
Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: October 2o, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Griendtsveen, Horst aan de Maas Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Spot: Field Hospital near Griendtsveen, Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Block B-1, Row 770, Grave 5 (unmarked)
Cemetery:
Sunset View Cemetery
El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California, USA
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on March 15, 1944, Presidio of Monterey, California.
Other information:
Interred in El Cerrito, Nov. 14, 1947. There is no grave marker for PVT. Baker. He is in the plot #6 next to his father.
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