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Personal info

Full name
BARTON, Robert H
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Gooding County, Idaho
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39588792
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 31 40

Immediate family

Members
Henry J. Barton (father)
Lillian A. Barton (mother)

More information

Pvt Robert H. Barton enlisted in Fort MacArthur San Pedro, California on 8 June 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - Larry E. Williams
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