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