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Personal info

Full name
BARNES, Raymond Harold
Date of birth
27 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana
Hometown
St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35170968
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 17

Immediate family

Members
Emmanuel Barnes (father)
Carrie (Delph) Barnes (mother)
Vivian Barnes (sister)
Donald Barnes (brother)
Joseph Barnes (brother)
Helen C. (Madarasz) Barnes (wife)
Rosemary Barnes (daughter)

More information

Pvt Raymond H. Barnes graduated from Tipton High School in 1934.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 27 October 1941. He was sent overseas on 1 December 1944.

He is also remembered at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, Indiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Indiana Birth Certificates, www.findagrave.com - jcrow, http://14thad.org, www.newspapers.com - The Tipton Daily Tribune 17 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / jcrow, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Tipton Indiana, www.newspapers.com - The Tipton Daily Tribune 17 February 1945