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Rondall McDowell Baird

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Rondall McDowell Baird

Birth
Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Death
4 Mar 1945 (aged 18)
Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shichō, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Drexel, Burke County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Rondall Baird was killed in action on 4 March 1945 at the age of eighteen. He was a member of the 4th Marine Division fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He left behind a wife, Irene Cornelia Buff Baird, and an infant son that he never saw. Mourning with them were his parents and three younger brothers.

Rondall Baird was killed in action on 4 March 1945 at the age of eighteen. He was a member of the 4th Marine Division fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He left behind a wife, Irene Cornelia Buff Baird, and an infant son that he never saw. Mourning with them were his parents and three younger brothers.


Inscription

Initially buried in Iwo Jima Cemetery / Reinterred in Drexel Memorial Park Cemetery in Drexel, NC on December 16, 1948.




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