Oscar Baker died on May 27, 1918 from a Mustard gas explosion. Three other men from the original company & many others died as a result of the Mustard gas attack of May 27. RIP∼BAKER, Oscar A., page 79, photograph, 99909
Private Company A
Died of gas wounds on May 27th in the hospital at Baccarat. Buried in Baccarat Cemetery, Grave
No. 63. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Baker, Dubuque, Iowa. During the gas attack on May 27th
Private Baker was wounded by a gas shell exploding at his feet. Not thinking of himself he
rushed into the infirmary to save the wounded. Private Baker drove the ration cart for the
company from the rear to the support lines.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/state/military/wwi/lorraine.txt
Private Company A
Died of gas wounds on May 27th in the hospital at Baccarat. Buried in Baccarat Cemetery, Grave
No. 63. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Baker, Dubuque, Iowa. During the gas attack on May 27th
Private Baker was wounded by a gas shell exploding at his feet. Not thinking of himself he
rushed into the infirmary to save the wounded. Private Baker drove the ration cart for the
company from the rear to the support lines.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/state/military/wwi/lorraine.txt
Oscar Baker died on May 27, 1918 from a Mustard gas explosion. Three other men from the original company & many others died as a result of the Mustard gas attack of May 27. RIP∼BAKER, Oscar A., page 79, photograph, 99909
Private Company A
Died of gas wounds on May 27th in the hospital at Baccarat. Buried in Baccarat Cemetery, Grave
No. 63. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Baker, Dubuque, Iowa. During the gas attack on May 27th
Private Baker was wounded by a gas shell exploding at his feet. Not thinking of himself he
rushed into the infirmary to save the wounded. Private Baker drove the ration cart for the
company from the rear to the support lines.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/state/military/wwi/lorraine.txt
Private Company A
Died of gas wounds on May 27th in the hospital at Baccarat. Buried in Baccarat Cemetery, Grave
No. 63. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Baker, Dubuque, Iowa. During the gas attack on May 27th
Private Baker was wounded by a gas shell exploding at his feet. Not thinking of himself he
rushed into the infirmary to save the wounded. Private Baker drove the ration cart for the
company from the rear to the support lines.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/state/military/wwi/lorraine.txt
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