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Personal info

Full name
BARNES, Henry Roy
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
7085180
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ingeldorf–Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 7 17

Immediate family

Members
Mannie L. Barnes (father)
Annie Rebecca Barnes (mother)
Salley R. Barnes (sister)
James Barnes (brother)

More information

Pvt Henry R. Barnes volunteered for the Regular Army in 1940 and served three years in Panama.

On the 18th January 1945 the 2nd Infantry Regiment crossed the Sauer River in the vicinity of Ingeldorf-Diekirch.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, Mc Gowan Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder

Photo source: www.findagrave.com -LuxAmCem