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Personal info

Full name
BARNES, Truman Wendell
Date of birth
18 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Kirkville, Adair County, Missouri
Hometown
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37682189
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 37

Immediate family

Members
Harry G. Barnes (father)
Minnie S. Barnes (mother)
Kenneth L. Barnes (brother)
Margorey A. Barnes (sister)
Cleone E. Barnes (sister)
Ruth C. Barnes (sister)
Josephine Barnes (sister)
Anita M. (Van Fleet) Barnes (wife)
Beverly Barnes (daughter)
Maralee Barnes (daughter)
Jerry Barnes (son)

More information

Pfc Truman W. Barnes was a motorman for the Des Moines City Railway Company before he enisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / Veak Family Tree / 1925 Census / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Des Moines Tribune 7 October 1944
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Des Moines Tribune 7 October 1944