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Personal info

Full name
BARRETT, Edward Patrick
Date of birth
22 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Raymond, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Hometown
St. Edward, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37127763
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 May 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bad Tölz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 25 5

Immediate family

Members
Edward P. Barrett (father)
Mary A. (McCarthy) Barrett (mother)
Mark J. Barrett (brother)
Henry J. Barrett (brother)
Marguerite J. Barrett (sister)
Mary A. Barrett (sister)
Emma (Kaufman) Barrett (wife)

More information

Edward P. Barrett graduated from Lincoln High School in 1939.

He was married to Emma Kaufman in October 1942.

He enlisted on 15 May 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kentucky Birth Index / Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledger / 141staar-to-may-1944.pdf / https://36thid.frb.io / www.newspapers.com - Lincoln Evening Star Journal, 9 November 1942
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Len, www.newspapers.com - The Lincoln Star - 21 May 1945