Rank and Name, Corporal Eugene H. Baer.
Unit/Placed in, 63rd Bomber Squadron, 43rd Bomber Group, Heavy.
Eugene is born approx. on 14 Aug. 1918 in Bellwood, Pennsylvania.
Father, Harry (Kustenbauer) Baer.
Mother, Mary (Kustenbauer) Baer.
Parents born in Austria.
Sister(s), Dorothy and Helen (Kustenbauer) Baer.
Brother(s), Edwin, Orris and Paul (Kustenbauer) Baer.
Eugene enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 6895897.
Eugene died in an accident, “His hand was severely wounded in the invasion of the Philippines; amputation and subsequent infection resulted in pulmonary edema and death from severe agranulocytosis” on 30 May 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Eugene is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/43rd_Bombardment_Group.html
https://www.abmc.gov/print/certificate/516960
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
