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Personal info

Full name
BARNETT, Robert James
Date of birth
23 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Kansas City, Missouri
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39709096
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
Ars-Laquenexy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 100

More information

Pvt Robert J. Barnett enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 8 September 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre