PFC Reece H. Baker

PFC Reece (or Reese) H. Baker was born 13 Sep 1921 in Sevier County, Tennessee the 2nd of 5 children of Hubert Turner and Stella Esther (Rogers) Baker.  The family farmed near Seymour, Tennessee.

Reece was drafted in July 1942.  Meeting his brother, Beecher who was also in the Army in New York City in 1943, Reece told him that he did not expect to return home. Sent to England and assigned to I Company 116th Infantry, he trained for and participated in the D-Day landing on 6 Jun 1944.  PFC Baker was killed in action on 17 Jun 1944.

PFC Baker was repatriated and was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery in Sevier County, Tennessee.

Brother, Beecher W. Baker, is still living as this is written. Grandfather, John W. Shults, served in C Company 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (USA) in the Civil War.