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Personal info

Full name
BARR, Ralph
Date of birth
24 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
20729510
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 5 12

Immediate family

Members
Ralph Barr (father)
Irene (Balliett) Barr (mother)
Daisy M. Barr (sister)
Fern Barr (sister)
Fay M. Barr (sister)
Glen Barr (brother)
Earl E. Barr (brother)
Mary V. Barr (wife)
Jim Barr (son)

More information

Pfc Ralph Barr joined the National Guard in Hannibal. Missouri on 23 December 1940.

He was taken prisoner. The exact circumstances, the location where he was taken prisoner of the place of this death is not known.

Ralph Barr is remembered at Saint Jude Cemetery in Monroe City, Monroe County, Missouri.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.honorstates.org