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Personal info

Full name
BARROWS, Paul Robert
Date of birth
3 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Sardinia, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Sardinia, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42021748
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Near the Rhine between Worms and Hamm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 8 34

Immediate family

Members
Merle D. Barrows (father)
Catherine H. (O'Hara) Barrows (mother)
Rosamond M. Barrows (sister)
Charles D. Barrows (brother)
Mary O. Barrows (sister)
Merle D. Barrows Jr. (brother)

More information

Paul Barrows graduated from Sardinia High School and was employed by the National Battery Co. before he enlisted in August 1943.

He served in North Africa and Italy before his unit was sent to France.

His brothers also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Barrows in America, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett 

Photo source: www.findagrave.com