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Personal info

Full name
BARKLEY, Willie Lester
Date of birth
19 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Bokoshe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Bokoshe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38323643
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Near Speyer, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 41

Immediate family

Members
William E. Barkley (father)
Effie O. (Daniels) Barkley (mother)
Gladys J. Barkley (brother)
Vera M. Barkley (sister)
Haden E. Barkley (brother)
James R. Barkley (brother)
Mamie F. Barkley (sister)
Roy A. Barkley (brother)
Dimple I. Barkley (sister)
Boise L. Barkley (brother)
John C. R. Barkley (brother)
Wanda L. Barkley (sister)
Gerald L. Barkley (brother)
Franklin D. Barkley (brother)
Thelma L. (Farmed) Barkley (wife)

More information

Pfc Willie L. Barkley worked on a farm before he enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 25 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

His brother, Haden E. Barkley, is buried at Margraten American Military Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Linda Barkley Family Tree / Arkansas Marriage Certificates / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Andrew Barkley, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Andrew Barkley