Grayson County TXGenWeb

World War II
Lester Lee Baker
Army St SGT
29th Inf Div, 175th Inf Reg.




He was from Pottsboro


14 Apr 1925 - 17 Nov 1944

Parents, Auda Roy and Bessie Baker.
He had two brothers; Loraine and Leon.

He was Squad Leader

He was wounded in Germany
and sent to Kerkrade, to a military hospital in the Netherlands.





He had enlisted in Dallas, TX
22 Nov 1943.



Fort Worth Star-Telegram
8 Dec 1944


Ft Worth Star-Telegram

10 Dec 1944



Members of his unit at the cemetery he was buried
in. This grave not identified. Thousands were lost.


He was buried in:

NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY-
MARGRATEN, NETHERLANDS



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History of his unit

History 175th

29th Inf memorial stone






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