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PFC Ellis Lee Baird

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PFC Ellis Lee Baird

Birth
Death
3 Jan 1945 (aged 20)
Bastogne, Arrondissement de Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium
Burial
Duncansville, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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S2, E, 24, 7 ——— 038-15. ——-
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Killed in Action. Age 20 from Duncansville.

Son of Minnie (Morgan) Baird and the late John M. Baird(d. 1944), of Huntingdon.

Siblings include: Eleanor A., Kathryn E. Carl J., Dean R., Glenn H.,

Ellis graduated from Hollidaysburg High School, Class of 1942.
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Private 1st class. Member of the 101st airborne division. Entered the Army March 10, 1943. Went overseas in May 1944.

Date of Death Jan. 3, 1945.
Killed in action in Bastogne, Belgium.

Posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: Altoona Mirror Extras
Killed in Action. Age 20 from Duncansville.

Son of Minnie (Morgan) Baird and the late John M. Baird(d. 1944), of Huntingdon.

Siblings include: Eleanor A., Kathryn E. Carl J., Dean R., Glenn H.,

Ellis graduated from Hollidaysburg High School, Class of 1942.
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Private 1st class. Member of the 101st airborne division. Entered the Army March 10, 1943. Went overseas in May 1944.

Date of Death Jan. 3, 1945.
Killed in action in Bastogne, Belgium.

Posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: Altoona Mirror Extras

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PFC Co F 501st PRCHT Inf 101st AB Div, Killed in Action, Bastogne, Belgium

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  • Maintained by: Sky
  • Originally Created by: jbowers
  • Added: Sep 24, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30057390/ellis_lee-baird: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Ellis Lee Baird (20 Aug 1924–3 Jan 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30057390, citing Carson Valley Cemetery, Duncansville, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Sky (contributor 47004249).