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CCS Ernest Faustin “Ned” Baca
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CCS Ernest Faustin “Ned” Baca Veteran

Birth
Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA
Death
8 Jan 1945 (aged 28)
Western Visayas, Philippines
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy--Buried at Sea
Memorial ID
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Chief Commissary Steward Ernest Faustin Baca, USN, was killed in Action, January 8, 1945 during a "Japanese Suicide Plane" strike on the USS Columbia (CL-56) during the Lingayen Gulf landings.
Chief Commissary Steward Ernest Faustin Baca, USN, was killed in Action, January 8, 1945 during a "Japanese Suicide Plane" strike on the USS Columbia (CL-56) during the Lingayen Gulf landings.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from California.



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  • Maintained by: John Donne
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56754279/ernest_faustin-baca: accessed ), memorial page for CCS Ernest Faustin “Ned” Baca (7 Mar 1916–8 Jan 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56754279, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by John Donne (contributor 47286829).