Grenville Chester Baker

1913 - 1944  (30 years)

• Name	Grenville Chester Baker
  Birth	6 Jun 1913	New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Census	16 Jan 1920	Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
  	age 6, born NH, living with parents
  Census	17 Apr 1930	Waltham, Middlesex, MA
  	age 17, born MA, cementer at rubberworks, living with parents
  Military Service	29 Aug 1942	Boston, Suffolk, MA
  	Enlistment in Army. Became Technical Sergeant, 868th Bomber Squadron
  Death	10 Mar 1944	Manila, Philippines
  Burial	Southborough Rural Cemetery, Southborough, MA
  Person ID	I14385	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Elmer Clarence Baker,   b. 11 Mar 1864, Andover, Merrimack, NH d. 27 Nov 1936, Natick, Middlesex, MA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mahala Dow Emerson,   b. 30 Jul 1879, New Castle, Rockingham, NH d. 14 Jan 1972, Rochester, Strafford, NH (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1901	Guilford, Belknap, NH
  Notes	from "New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records" (ancestry.com) On 6 Jul 1901 in Gilford NH, Elmer Clarence Baker, 37, an engineer residing Laconia NH, born Andover NH to Charles Baker, a blacksmith, & Caroline M Dow b. Croydon, deceased married Mahalie Dow Emerson, 21, residing West Alton NH, born Newcastle NH to John Emerson, a shoe maker, and Abbie J Emerson, a homemaker.
  Family ID	F5373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		Grenville C Baker Monument in Massachusetts IN MEMORY OF / GRENVILLE C BAKER / T SGT USAAF WWII JUN 6 1913 - APR 22 1922 PURPLE HEART MIA / PACIFIC AREA OF OPERATIONS
  		Grenville C Baker Monument in Manila BAKER GRENVILLE C T SGT 868 BOMB SQ(h) MASSACHUSETTS

  
  

• Notes

  from Biography on findagrave.com by Russell S. "Russ" Pickett Son of Mrs. Mahela M. Baker who resided in Massachusetts. Grenville served as a Technical Sergeant & Radio Operator on SB-24D #42-40633, 868th Bomber Squadron, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He resided in Norfolk County, Massachusetts prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on August 29, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Retail manager and also as Single, without dependents. SB-24D #42-40633 was sent out on a bombing mission and never returned to base for an unknown reason. Grenville was declared "Missing In Action" on this flight during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. Service # 31164993. Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date [10 Mar 1944], he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until January 24, 1946.