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Personal info

Full name
BARNEY, Ervin C
Date of birth
28 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York
Hometown
Jefferson County, New York

Military service

Service number
42026428
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 16 22

Immediate family

Members
Floyd Barney (father)
Catherine (Cook) Barney (mother)
Mary Barney (sister)
Douglas Barney (brother)
Harry Barney (brother)
Aretta Barney (sister)
Donald Barney (brother)
Arnold Barney (brother)
Raymond Barney (brother)

More information

Pfc Ervin C. Barney worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 4 November 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944. He was wounded in action on 17 August 1944 in Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten