World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Clyde D. Baker
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Missouri
Honored By
Harvey S. Sutherland
Relationship
Airborne - 509th PIB
SERVED WITH THE ELITE 509TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY BATTALION, THE MOST DECORATED PARATROOP UNIT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, MALEMPRE, BELGIUM, DECEMBER 1944, WAS PRISONER OF WAR. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL