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Personal info

Full name
BATOR, Barney
Date of birth
23 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Capron, Oneida County, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32041986
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 9 48

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Bator (father)
Julia Bator (mother)
Fred Bator (brother)
Edgar Bator (brother)
Czelawa Bator (sister)
Stephen Bator (brother)
Michael Bator (brother)
Clara Bator (sister)

More information

Barney Bator enlisted on 18 June 1941 at Fort Monmouth Red Bank, New Jersey.

He served was already a member of his unit since the north African campaign.

His brother, Fireman First Class Edward Bator, was aboard the USS Arizona when it sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He is one of the 1,102 men entombed in the Memorial.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten