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Personal info

Full name
BARNES, Laurence Glenwood
Date of birth
19 November 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Severn, Northampton County, North Carolina
Hometown
Severn, Northampton County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34257089
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Jallaucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charlie C. Barnes (father)
Viola K. (Morgan) Barnes (mother)
Roy W. Barnes (brother)
Thomas B. Barnes (brother)
Charlie C. Barnes (brother)
Robert E. Barnes (brother)
Maude C. Barnes (sister)
Henry H. Barnes (brother)
James G. Barnes (brother)

More information

Pfc Laurence G. Barnes attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 23 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Frogman