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Personal info

Full name
BARRETT, Tom R
Date of birth
11 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Umpqua, Douglas County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
O-1324239
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
Standdaarbuiten, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 2 42

Immediate family

Members
Frank R. Barrett (father)
Ethel Barrett (mother)
Marcena Barrett (sister)
Richard Barrett (brother)
Robert Barrett (brother)
Carline (Henry) Barrett (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Tom R. Barrett joined the National Guard at Fort Lewis, Washington on 8 November 1941. He was sent to Officer's Candidate School in June 1943. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant iat Fort Benning, Georgia 25 August 1943.

Lt Barrett was killed by shrapnel in his side.

He was first buried at Henri-Chapelle in a temporary grave on 5 November 1944. He was disinterred on 27 October 1947 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 30 October 1947. He was given his final resting place on 23 August 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Arjan van Hassel, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Colorado Country Marriages, www.newspapers.com - The News-Review, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten