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Personal info

Full name
BARR, Ralph A
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Harris County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38413751
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 32 23

Immediate family

Members
Orin Barr (father)
Effie G. (Rogers) Barr (mother)
Helen M. Barr (sister)
Merle S. Barr (sister)
Norma J. (Boyle) Barr (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Ralph A. Barr enlisted in Houston, Texas on 26 January 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a mail carrier before he enlisted. He was killed by an enemy grenade when he went to a window thinking it was the enemy who wanted to surrender.

S/Sgt Barr was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Weaver Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Mark Miller
Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com - Mark Miller