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Personal info

Full name
BARGER, James Royce
Date of birth
6 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming
Hometown
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39676633
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
756th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Urschenheim-Horbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 54

Immediate family

Members
James M. Barger (father)
Bertha V. (Baker) Barger (mother)
Elizabeth Barger (sister)
Dale M. Barger (brother)
Lester L. Barger (brother)
Betty Barger (sister)
Ida Barger (sister)
Dorothy Barger (sister)
Nora Barger (sister)

More information

Sgt James R. Barger attended college and was a salesman.

He enlisted in Salt Lake City, Utah on 24 March 1941.

He was killed by shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII DRaft Cards YOung men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / 50thAIB