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Personal info

Full name
BARNHILL, Mitchell McCoy
Date of birth
31 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia
Hometown
DeLand, Volusia County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34792990
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Jeandelaincourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 37

Immediate family

Members
McCoy M. Barnhill (father)
Emily E. (Dowdy) Barnhill (mother)
David E. Barnhill (brother)
Calhoun Barnhill (brother)
Frank Barnhill (brother)
Benn F. Barnhill (brother)
Eula M. Barnhill (sister)
Odell M. Barnhill (brother)
Adel Barnhill (brother)
Rosie H. Barnhill (sister)
Polly A. Barnhill (sister)
Daryl A. Barnhill (brother)

More information

Pvt Mitchell M. Barnhill was a welder before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 14 September 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draftcards Young Men, www.80thDivision.com
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