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Personal info

Full name
BARKER, John H
Date of birth
26 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31322471
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ennal, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 2 9

Immediate family

Members
Confred W. Barker (father)
Dorothy C. Barker (mother)
Frederick C. Barker (brtoher)

More information

Pfc John H. Barker enlisted in Portland, Maine on 24 May 1943.

Pvt Barker died of a gunshot wound in the head.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 18 January 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 14 June 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF

Photo source: Aimee Fogg