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Personal info

Full name
BARBER, Howard Earl
Date of birth
31 October 1907
Age
36
Place of birth
New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32249639
Rank
Private
Function
Demolition Specialist
Unit
C Company,
33rd Armored Engineer Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 29 36

Immediate family

Members
Frank H. Barber (father)
Christina A. (McConnell) (mother)
Ethel C. Barber (sister)
Elda M. Barber (sister)
Homer R. Barber (brother)
Frank H. Barber (brother)
Ruth A. Barber (half-sister)
Harold F. Barber (half-brother)

More information

Pvt Howard E. Barber attended high school for four years and was an electrician.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 12 March 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Birth Certificates, 1906-1911, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

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