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Submitted: 9/3/14 • Approved: 2/20/20 • Last Updated: 2/23/20 • R77928-G0-S3
LIEUTENANT US Navy Reserve
World War II
May 19, 1919 - January 9, 1945
"In memory of our beloved and only son - killed in action while serving as deck officer on the USS Battleship Colorado January 9, 1945 during the Lingayen Gulf engagement in the Philippine Islands.
Buried in the China Sea near the entrance of Lingayen Gulf -
Longitude 16 31'30" N - Latitude 120 07' 09" E"
son of Karl P Baum Sr and Agnes Idele McCampbell Baum
Contributed on 9/3/14 by mjkane7
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