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Show I HI BIER LOSES HIS LIFE I BATTLE II FljlGE i Herman Baker, -who left Ogdon ' March 12 last as an Infantry recruit with his brother Peter L. Baker, has ' been killed in action, according to an official telegram sent to the fjunlly in Ogden yesterday. The news camo just a few days after a telegram telling of the severe wounding of Peter Baker. Both men were engaged in the big counter-offensive which started July 18, when Peter was wounded, and it Is thought Herman was killed on the same day. Herman Baker had served nine years in the Dutch army, artillery division, and took out his first papers in this country Just one day before enlisting. He left Qgden in March, 191S, and was sent first to the infantry camp at Charlotte, North Carolina. The brothers bro-thers were transferred overseas in about six weeks and soon got into actual ac-tual fighting. They were members of Company B, 5Sth infantry. A letter .was published in the Standard Stan-dard a few days ago, written by Herman Her-man Baker, which told of his eagerness eager-ness to aid the United States in the Tvar and his fond hope of returning to this country to complete his citizenship. citizen-ship. In Ogden, Herman Baker worked for the Ogden Packing & Provision company com-pany and lived with his brother at 2356 Harrison avenue. He is survived by a brother Harry Baker and three sisters, Mrs. Gertie Henry, Mrs. Claud Dee and Miss Nellie Baker, all of Ogden. Og-den. His parents are both dead. Ho was a native of Rotterdam, Holland, and came to this country last year. oo |