329th Buckshot Unit History

Pvt Herbert F. Baker

Private
Herbert F. Baker

Private Herbert F. Baker

Herbert Francis Baker was born on March 25, 1916 in Detroit, Michigan as the son of he late Herbert Frederick Baker (1890-).

Herbert Baker enlisted the U.S. Army on September 2, 1943. He had basic training in Camp Atterbury, then went to the Tennessee maneuvers, and went from there to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. The Morning Reports from February 12, 1944 list him as assigned and joined AT/329 from C/329. Then he was send overseas from Camp Shanks, New York. He arrived in Liverpool and trained for four months in Wales, England. He landed on Omaha Beach on June 23, 1944 wich was D-Day +17. Walter Arnold served with the Anti-Tank Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division from Camp Atterbury across the Elbe River to within 25-40 miles of Berlin. By the end of the War he was a sergeant, commanding a 10-man squad. For his service he was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Bronze Star Medal witch he earned on April 13, 1945 at Walternienburg, Germany, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European African Middle-Eastern Campaign Medal with 5 campaign stars, the WW2 Victory Medal and the Legion d'Honneur awarded by the French Republic.

Herbert Francis Baker died on May 8, 1980.