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Personal info

Full name
BARBER, James Marion
Date of birth
15 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34964806
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 16 30

Immediate family

Members
Harold Barber (father)
Mary (Childers) Barber (mother)
Mary S. (Fisher) Barber (wife)
Stephen G. Barber (son)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Barber Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - 455th AAA Historian