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Personal info

Full name
BARTON, Joe Joseph
Date of birth
17 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Red Rock, Bastrop County, Texas
Hometown
Red Rock, Bastrop County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38671848
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 6 6

Immediate family

Members
Charlie H. Barton (father)
Mary (Bartsch) Barton (mother)
William J. Barton (brother)
Adolph Barton (brother)
Lucy E. Barton (sister)
Max J. Barton (brother)
Eleanor C. Barton (sister)
Evelyn M. Barton (sister)
Ellen A. Barton (sister)
Elizabeth (Wilhelm) Barton (wife)
Herman P. Barton (son)
Joe L. Barton (son)
Matthew J. Barton (son)
Shirley M. Barton (daughter)

More information

Pvt Joe J. Barton was a farmer on his own farm before he enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 17 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Kathy from Arkansas
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