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Personal info

Full name
BARNES, Earl Rockwell
Date of birth
5 December 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Venice, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39573545
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
At the border with Luxembourg, in the area of Echternach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Willis E. Barnes (father)
Emma Z. (Rockwell) Barnes (mother)
Mary E. Barnes (sister)
George C. Barnes (brother)
Betty L. (Buchanan) Barnes (wife)

More information

T/5 Earl R. Barnes graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School Los Angeles in 1934 and attended college.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 17 May 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Buchanan & Truitt Family Tree, Headstone and Interment Records, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.wwiimemorial.com - Betty L. Smith (wife)