USMCR World War II
Sgt/Maj. David H. Baker died of wounds Marianas Is, June 25, 1944,
Unit Headquarters & Service Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: San Diego, Calif
Wife, Mrs. David H. Baker
service# 237579, 3761
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion 10th Marines (3/10) was an artillery battalion that consisted of four cannon firing batteries and a headquarters battery.
The battalion was activated on 14 June 1943 at Pahautanui, New Zealand north of Wellington, as the 5th Battalion, 10th Marines and assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force.
The 5/10 participated in the following World War II Campaigns:
Tarawa Saipan Tinian Okinawa
Saipan D Day 15 June 1944
The 10th Marines and the 14th Marines supported the 2d and 4th Marine Divisions respectively. They had each had a significant reorganization before Saipan. In early spring, the 5th Battalion in each changed its designation. They were redesignated the 2d and 4th 155mm Artillery Battalions, Corps Artillery, but administratively attached to the 10th and 14th Marines. Thus the 10th and 14th Marines each contained two 75mm pack howitzer battalions (1st and 2d), two 105mm howitzer battalions (3d and 4th), and a 155mm artillery battalion, armed with the new M1 155mm howitzers, the first to be received by the Marine Corps in the Pacific.
Sgt/Maj. David H. Baker died of wounds Marianas Is, June 25, 1944,
Unit Headquarters & Service Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: San Diego, Calif
Wife, Mrs. David H. Baker
service# 237579, 3761
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion 10th Marines (3/10) was an artillery battalion that consisted of four cannon firing batteries and a headquarters battery.
The battalion was activated on 14 June 1943 at Pahautanui, New Zealand north of Wellington, as the 5th Battalion, 10th Marines and assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force.
The 5/10 participated in the following World War II Campaigns:
Tarawa Saipan Tinian Okinawa
Saipan D Day 15 June 1944
The 10th Marines and the 14th Marines supported the 2d and 4th Marine Divisions respectively. They had each had a significant reorganization before Saipan. In early spring, the 5th Battalion in each changed its designation. They were redesignated the 2d and 4th 155mm Artillery Battalions, Corps Artillery, but administratively attached to the 10th and 14th Marines. Thus the 10th and 14th Marines each contained two 75mm pack howitzer battalions (1st and 2d), two 105mm howitzer battalions (3d and 4th), and a 155mm artillery battalion, armed with the new M1 155mm howitzers, the first to be received by the Marine Corps in the Pacific.
USMCR World War II
Sgt/Maj. David H. Baker died of wounds Marianas Is, June 25, 1944,
Unit Headquarters & Service Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: San Diego, Calif
Wife, Mrs. David H. Baker
service# 237579, 3761
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion 10th Marines (3/10) was an artillery battalion that consisted of four cannon firing batteries and a headquarters battery.
The battalion was activated on 14 June 1943 at Pahautanui, New Zealand north of Wellington, as the 5th Battalion, 10th Marines and assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force.
The 5/10 participated in the following World War II Campaigns:
Tarawa Saipan Tinian Okinawa
Saipan D Day 15 June 1944
The 10th Marines and the 14th Marines supported the 2d and 4th Marine Divisions respectively. They had each had a significant reorganization before Saipan. In early spring, the 5th Battalion in each changed its designation. They were redesignated the 2d and 4th 155mm Artillery Battalions, Corps Artillery, but administratively attached to the 10th and 14th Marines. Thus the 10th and 14th Marines each contained two 75mm pack howitzer battalions (1st and 2d), two 105mm howitzer battalions (3d and 4th), and a 155mm artillery battalion, armed with the new M1 155mm howitzers, the first to be received by the Marine Corps in the Pacific.
Sgt/Maj. David H. Baker died of wounds Marianas Is, June 25, 1944,
Unit Headquarters & Service Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines 2nd Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: San Diego, Calif
Wife, Mrs. David H. Baker
service# 237579, 3761
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
3rd Battalion 10th Marines (3/10) was an artillery battalion that consisted of four cannon firing batteries and a headquarters battery.
The battalion was activated on 14 June 1943 at Pahautanui, New Zealand north of Wellington, as the 5th Battalion, 10th Marines and assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force.
The 5/10 participated in the following World War II Campaigns:
Tarawa Saipan Tinian Okinawa
Saipan D Day 15 June 1944
The 10th Marines and the 14th Marines supported the 2d and 4th Marine Divisions respectively. They had each had a significant reorganization before Saipan. In early spring, the 5th Battalion in each changed its designation. They were redesignated the 2d and 4th 155mm Artillery Battalions, Corps Artillery, but administratively attached to the 10th and 14th Marines. Thus the 10th and 14th Marines each contained two 75mm pack howitzer battalions (1st and 2d), two 105mm howitzer battalions (3d and 4th), and a 155mm artillery battalion, armed with the new M1 155mm howitzers, the first to be received by the Marine Corps in the Pacific.
Inscription
California: Sgt. Maj., 10 Marines 2 Marine Div., WWII
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from California.
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