Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
BARKER, James Frank - Date of
birth
3 December 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Pershing, Osage County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Glade Park, Mesa County, Colorado
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37350770 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
Truck Driver -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 December 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Niederfeulen, Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 4 | 20 |
Immediate family
-
Members
James C. Barker (father)
Nettie M. (Meadows) Barker (mother)
Etta P. Barker (sister)
Mabel N. Barker (sister)
Beulah M. Barker (sister)
Coy B. Barker (brother)
More information
Cpl James F. Barker was in partnership with his father in the trucking business before he enlisted in Pueblo, Colorado on 18 July 1942.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Baxter-Whitney-Kruse Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Scott A. Rayl, The Daily Sentinel - 17 January 1945