Joseph Favre Baldwin (1892–1918)
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| This Profile ID: | 585376 |
| Name: | Joseph Favre Baldwin |
| From: | Tyler, Smith County, Texas |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1892 |
| Casualty Date: | 7 August 1918 |
| War: | World War I |
| Service Branch: | Army |
| Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Specialty: | Medic, Doctor |
| Unit/Group: | Attached to the British Royal Fusiliers |
| Casualty Type: | Killed in Action |
| Location: | France |
| Burial: | Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas |
| Notable Awards: |
★ Purple Heart
|
Life Before WW1
Joseph Favre Baldwin was born on August 3, 1892, in Tyler, Texas. His father, Aaron, a doctor and his mother, Clara, a concert pianist. He had one brother, Fredrick. He attended Tyler High School. He was a senior Medical School student in 1915, attending Tulane University. On May 25, 1917, when he signed his draft card, he was a Physician at the Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA, reporting to Dr. W. W. Giles. He also trained at the Army Medical School, Washington, DC. He was called into service as a 1st Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, September 15, 1917. Serving as a part of the 11th (Service) Battalion, he landed in France and saw action on the Western Front.
World War 1 Service
WW1 Draft Card
Called into Active Service as: 1st Lieut. Medical Corps – Officers’ Reserve Corps – Sept 15, 1917
Attended Army Medical School at Washington, DC
Killed in Action: August 7, 1918
Overseas: October 15, 1917 until Death
Unit: 11th Service Battalion – Royal Army Medical Corps
WW1 Service Record
He died on August 7, 1918, in France at the age of 26, and was buried in his hometown at Oakwood Cemetery.
Lieutenant Baldwin’s Last Letter here.
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