Raymond Hiram Baldwin
(1896-1918)
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10532 Earle Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
Raymond Hiram Baldwin
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 12/7/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 12/7/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 10532 Earle Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration card found which would have provided additional demographic information; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; attended East Technical High School in Cleveland, OH and was slated to attend Ohio State University, per his high school yearbook
Appearance: see photos
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 1/21/1918; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 1/21/1918; rank Private
Service Number: 305826
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action: Private Raymond H. Baldwin, as part of the the 5th and 6th Marine regiments, was awarded the French Fourragere (a braided decorative cord to be worn on the uniform). This unit award was for extreme bravery, gallantry, and distinguished service in combat.
Death: November 2, 1918 [9 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 21; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: November 2, 1918 [9 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 21; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 11/3/1918 buried locally after death in Ardennes, France; 5/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; final burial 8/22/1921 at Niles Union Cemetery, 1213 Niles Cortland Rd., Niles, OH, Lot 156 Section K alongside his parents buried later in the Baldwin family plot. [At least 25 people with the surname Baldwin are buried in this historic cemetery.]
Burial: 11/3/1918 buried locally after death in Ardennes, France; 5/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; final burial 8/22/1921 at Niles Union Cemetery, 1213 Niles Cortland Rd., Niles, OH, Lot 156 Section K alongside his parents buried later in the Baldwin family plot. [At least 25 people with the surname Baldwin are buried in this historic cemetery.]
Additional Information: Father: Hiram Harry E. Baldwin (1862-1927), born Ohio, son of a Civil War veteran, married 1893, occupation Civil Engineer, buried Niles Union Cemetery, Niles, OH; Mother: Victoria Elizabeth Cryer Baldwin (1865-1933), born Ohio of ancestors who emigrated from England to settle in New England in the 1600's, married 1893, occupation Teacher in Niles, Ohio schools, buried Niles Union Cemetery, Niles, OH; Siblings: George Simeon Baldwin (1895-1965) who served in WWI and was employed in the steel industry in Ohio and Pennsylvania as a mettalurgist; Helen E. Baldwin (1899-1997) who was a school teacher in Cleveland
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