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SGT Elmer August Baker

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SGT Elmer August Baker Veteran

Birth
Cedar City, Callaway County, Missouri, USA
Death
24 Dec 1944 (aged 22)
At Sea
Burial
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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He was on his way to fight in the Battle of the Bulge when his troopship, the SS Leopoldville was hit by a German torpedo fired from a submarine. He and 801 others died. He was survived by his parents, five siblings and his wife and daughter.
He was on his way to fight in the Battle of the Bulge when his troopship, the SS Leopoldville was hit by a German torpedo fired from a submarine. He and 801 others died. He was survived by his parents, five siblings and his wife and daughter.



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