Howard Edward Baker was born at Asheville, North Carolina, the son of Joseph Franklin Baker and Alice Pearl Markland. He was killed on June 5, 1945 at Chingking, China.

432nd Signal Heavy Construction Battalion, Company B

  • Rank: Private
  • Date of birth:
  • 28 September 1909
  • Date of death: 5 June 1945
  • County: Blount
  • Hometown: Alcoa
  • Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
  • Division/Assignment: 432nd Signal Heavy Construction Battalion
  • Theater: China-Burma Theater
  • Conflict: World War II
  • Burial/Memorial Location: East Maryville Cemetery, Maryville, TN
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar VI, Bottom Panel
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