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Personal info

Full name
BARNEY, Harley Elza
Date of birth
8 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Vinton County, Ohio
Hometown
Vinton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35630176
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
7 November 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schmidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Elza J. Barney (father)
Flossie B. (Peck) Barney (mother)
Guy L. Barney (brother)
Andrew M. Barney (brother)
Paul C. Barney (brother)
Earl C. Barney (brother)
John L. Barney (brother)
Ernest L. Barney (brother)

More information

Harley Barney worked in a sawmill.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 23 February 1943.

Pfc Barney was declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, IDPF of Howard B. Fladd

Photo source: Peter Schouteten