Note: There is a marker for Cpl. Earl M. Baker at Sugar Grove Cemetery in Sweet Water, Illinois. See Corp Earl Mitchell Baker
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Cpl. Earl M. Baker, husband of Mrs. Ruth Baker, Sweetwater, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker, Middletown, was killed in action Aug. 17 in France, his wife has been informed.
Cpl. Baker was born March 17, 1908 at Middletown.
He enlisted in the army air corps Sept. 17, 1942 and had served overseas 18 months. During this time, he had been in Africa, Sicily, England and France.
Mrs. Baker is the former Miss Ruth Ott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ott of Sweetwater with whom she is making her home.
Besides his wife and parents, a brother, Ralph E. Baker, of Greenview; and a sister, Mrs. Earl Arnold, of Springfield, survive.
Daily Illinois State Journal
Sunday, Sep 10, 1944
Springfield, IL
Page: 4
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U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Earl M Baker
Birth Year: 1907
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Illinois
State of Residence: Illinois
County or City: Menard
Enlistment Date: 18 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Illinois
Enlistment City: Peoria
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital status: Married
Height: 68
Weight: 166
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
Name: Earl M Baker
Gender: Male
Rank: CPL
Residence Place: Illinois
Death Date: 17 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Brittany
Burial Place: St James Manche, France
Next of Kin: Ruth E Baker
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Cpl. Earl M. Baker, husband of Mrs. Ruth Baker, Sweetwater, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker, Middletown, was killed in action Aug. 17 in France, his wife has been informed.
Cpl. Baker was born March 17, 1908 at Middletown.
He enlisted in the army air corps Sept. 17, 1942 and had served overseas 18 months. During this time, he had been in Africa, Sicily, England and France.
Mrs. Baker is the former Miss Ruth Ott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ott of Sweetwater with whom she is making her home.
Besides his wife and parents, a brother, Ralph E. Baker, of Greenview; and a sister, Mrs. Earl Arnold, of Springfield, survive.
Daily Illinois State Journal
Sunday, Sep 10, 1944
Springfield, IL
Page: 4
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U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Earl M Baker
Birth Year: 1907
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Illinois
State of Residence: Illinois
County or City: Menard
Enlistment Date: 18 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Illinois
Enlistment City: Peoria
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital status: Married
Height: 68
Weight: 166
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
Name: Earl M Baker
Gender: Male
Rank: CPL
Residence Place: Illinois
Death Date: 17 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Brittany
Burial Place: St James Manche, France
Next of Kin: Ruth E Baker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: There is a marker for Cpl. Earl M. Baker at Sugar Grove Cemetery in Sweet Water, Illinois. See Corp Earl Mitchell Baker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cpl. Earl M. Baker, husband of Mrs. Ruth Baker, Sweetwater, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker, Middletown, was killed in action Aug. 17 in France, his wife has been informed.
Cpl. Baker was born March 17, 1908 at Middletown.
He enlisted in the army air corps Sept. 17, 1942 and had served overseas 18 months. During this time, he had been in Africa, Sicily, England and France.
Mrs. Baker is the former Miss Ruth Ott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ott of Sweetwater with whom she is making her home.
Besides his wife and parents, a brother, Ralph E. Baker, of Greenview; and a sister, Mrs. Earl Arnold, of Springfield, survive.
Daily Illinois State Journal
Sunday, Sep 10, 1944
Springfield, IL
Page: 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Earl M Baker
Birth Year: 1907
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Illinois
State of Residence: Illinois
County or City: Menard
Enlistment Date: 18 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Illinois
Enlistment City: Peoria
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital status: Married
Height: 68
Weight: 166
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
Name: Earl M Baker
Gender: Male
Rank: CPL
Residence Place: Illinois
Death Date: 17 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Brittany
Burial Place: St James Manche, France
Next of Kin: Ruth E Baker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cpl. Earl M. Baker, husband of Mrs. Ruth Baker, Sweetwater, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker, Middletown, was killed in action Aug. 17 in France, his wife has been informed.
Cpl. Baker was born March 17, 1908 at Middletown.
He enlisted in the army air corps Sept. 17, 1942 and had served overseas 18 months. During this time, he had been in Africa, Sicily, England and France.
Mrs. Baker is the former Miss Ruth Ott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ott of Sweetwater with whom she is making her home.
Besides his wife and parents, a brother, Ralph E. Baker, of Greenview; and a sister, Mrs. Earl Arnold, of Springfield, survive.
Daily Illinois State Journal
Sunday, Sep 10, 1944
Springfield, IL
Page: 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Earl M Baker
Birth Year: 1907
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Illinois
State of Residence: Illinois
County or City: Menard
Enlistment Date: 18 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Illinois
Enlistment City: Peoria
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital status: Married
Height: 68
Weight: 166
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
Name: Earl M Baker
Gender: Male
Rank: CPL
Residence Place: Illinois
Death Date: 17 Aug 1944
Cemetery: Brittany
Burial Place: St James Manche, France
Next of Kin: Ruth E Baker
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